Symmetric-subspace closure conjecture for the Norton algebra

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Let SS be the subspace associated with vertices x,yx,y in the Norton algebra EVEV, and let Sym(S){\rm Sym}(S) denote its symmetric part under interchange of xx and yy. The product is the Norton product \star.

Symmetric-subspace closure conjecture. We have

Sym(S)Sym(S)Sym(S).{\rm Sym}(S)\star {\rm Sym}(S)\subseteq {\rm Sym}(S).

This asserts that the symmetric part of SS is a subalgebra under the Norton product. The supplied text gives no resolution status.

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Primary source

Paul Terwilliger and Jason Williford, “Strengthening the balanced set condition for the distance-regular graph of the bilinear forms”, arXiv:2601.19163 (2026).

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