Jordan algebra
Álgebra de Jordan
- Date
- 1933 · confidence high
- Place
- Rostock, Germany
- Credited to
- Pascual Jordan
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
Non-associative but commutative algebraic structure devised by Pascual Jordan to formalize quantum-mechanical observables; it gave rise to its own mathematical theory.
What it led to
- Algebraic formalization of quantum mechanics
- Classification of Jordan algebras (Jordan–von Neumann–Wigner)
- Applications in geometry and exceptional Lie groups
- Development of non-associative algebras