Classification of Jordan multiplicative maps on matrix algebras
Abstract
Let be the algebra of matrices over a field of characteristic not equal to . If , we show that an arbitrary map is Jordan multiplicative, i.e.\ it satisfies the functional equation if and only if one of the following holds: either is constant, equal to for some idempotent , or there exists an invertible matrix and a ring monomorphism such that where denotes the matrix obtained by applying entrywise to . In particular, any Jordan multiplicative map with is automatically additive. The analogous characterization fails when has characteristic .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2503.24094,
title = {Classification of Jordan multiplicative maps on matrix algebras},
author = {Ilja Gogić and Mateo Tomašević},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.24094},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
14 pages, closely related to [arxiv.org/abs/2503.14116], to appear in Aequationes Math. In v3 we corrected a minor issue in the abstract and in the statement of Theorem 1.1: the constant term in the characterization should be $P/2$ for $\diamond$-preserving maps, and $P$ for $\circ$-preserving maps, where $P \in M_n(\mathbb{F})$ is an idempotent