Jordan-algebra representation conjecture for convex state spaces

Let CC be a finite-dimensional convex compact set. A local regret function is a regret function defined locally on CC, and a transitive symmetry group is a group of symmetries acting transitively on CC.

Jordan-algebra representation conjecture. If CC has a local regret function and a transitive symmetry group, then CC can be represented as the positive elements of a Jordan algebra with trace 11.

This conjecture connects local Bregman-type information geometry and transitive symmetry with the Jordan-algebraic description of state spaces. The source presents it as a conjecture but gives no resolution or further conditions beyond finite dimensionality, compactness, locality of the regret function, and transitivity.

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Peter Harremoës, “Maximum Entropy and Sufficiency”, arXiv:1607.02259 (2016).

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