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diff --git a/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py b/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
index 4091d03..0492946 100644
--- a/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
+++ b/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
@@ -1028,6 +1028,9 @@ class MatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra(FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra):
         # is supposed to hold the entire long vector, and the subspace W
         # of V will be spanned by the vectors that arise from symmetric
         # matrices. Thus for S^2, dim(V) == 4 and dim(W) == 3.
+        if len(basis) == 0:
+            return []
+
         field = basis[0].base_ring()
         dimension = basis[0].nrows()
 
@@ -1185,6 +1188,11 @@ class RealSymmetricEJA(RealMatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra):
         sage: x.operator().matrix().is_symmetric()
         True
 
+    We can construct the (trivial) algebra of rank zero::
+
+        sage: RealSymmetricEJA(0)
+        Euclidean Jordan algebra of dimension 0 over Algebraic Real Field
+
     """
     @classmethod
     def _denormalized_basis(cls, n, field):
@@ -1458,6 +1466,11 @@ class ComplexHermitianEJA(ComplexMatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra):
         sage: x.operator().matrix().is_symmetric()
         True
 
+    We can construct the (trivial) algebra of rank zero::
+
+        sage: ComplexHermitianEJA(0)
+        Euclidean Jordan algebra of dimension 0 over Algebraic Real Field
+
     """
 
     @classmethod
@@ -1753,6 +1766,11 @@ class QuaternionHermitianEJA(QuaternionMatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra):
         sage: x.operator().matrix().is_symmetric()
         True
 
+    We can construct the (trivial) algebra of rank zero::
+
+        sage: QuaternionHermitianEJA(0)
+        Euclidean Jordan algebra of dimension 0 over Algebraic Real Field
+
     """
     @classmethod
     def _denormalized_basis(cls, n, field):