The abelian-root-group conjecture for proper Moufang sets

Let (X,(Ux)xX)(X,(U_x)_{x\in X}) be a proper Moufang set, meaning that its little projective group is not sharply 22-transitive, and suppose that each root group UxU_x is abelian. A quadratic Jordan division algebra is a quadratic Jordan algebra in which every nonzero element is invertible; for such an algebra JJ, write M(J)\mathbb{M}(J) for the Moufang set associated with JJ. Abelian-root-group conjecture. There is a field kk and a quadratic Jordan division algebra JJ over kk such that

(X,(Ux)xX)(X,(U_x)_{x\in X})

is isomorphic to M(J)\mathbb{M}(J). There has been progress in proving this conjecture, but in general it remains open; it would classify proper Moufang sets with abelian root groups via quadratic Jordan division algebras.

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Matthias Grüninger, “On the axioms defining a quadratic Jordan division algebra”, arXiv:1409.1093 (2014).

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