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On flexible quadratic algebras

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Let R be a ring. A construction method for flexible quadratic algebras with scalar involution over R is presented which unifies various classical constructions in the literature, in particular those to construct composition algebras.

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Pumplün, S. On flexible quadratic algebras. Acta Math Hung 119, 323–332 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10474-008-6157-3

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