- Every finite-dimensional Euclidean Jordan Algebra is a
- direct sum of five simple algebras, four of which comprise
- Hermitian matrices. This method returns the original
- "natural" representation of this element as a Hermitian
- matrix, if it has one. If not, you get the usual representation.
+ Every finite-dimensional Euclidean Jordan Algebra is a direct
+ sum of five simple algebras, four of which comprise Hermitian
+ matrices. This method returns a "natural" matrix
+ representation of this element as either a Hermitian matrix or
+ column vector.