In mathematics, the Kantor double is a
Jordan superalgebra structure on the sum of two copies of a
Poisson algebra In mathematics, a Poisson algebra is an associative algebra together with a Lie bracket that also satisfies Leibniz's law; that is, the bracket is also a derivation. Poisson algebras appear naturally in Hamiltonian mechanics, and are also central ...
. It is named after
Isaiah Kantor
Isaiah Kantor (or Issai Kantor, or Isai Lʹvovich Kantor) (1936–2006) was a mathematician who introduced the Kantor–Koecher–Tits construction, and the Kantor double, a Jordan superalgebra constructed from a Poisson algebra In mathematics, a ...
, who introduced it in .
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Non-associative algebras