Instituto de Matemática e Estatística, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 66281 - CEP 05315-970, São Paulo, Brazil and Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Abstract:
Let be the algebra of classical real octonions or the (split) algebra of octonions over the finite field . Then the quotient loop of the Moufang loop of all invertible elements of the algebra modulo its center is not embedded into a loop of invertible elements of any alternative algebra.