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diff --git a/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py b/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
index 4a1c6f9..e26146e 100644
--- a/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
+++ b/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
@@ -779,8 +779,10 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
             if elt.parent().superalgebra() == self:
                 return elt.superalgebra_element()
 
-        if hasattr(elt, 'column'):
-            # Convert a vector into a column-matrix...
+        if hasattr(elt, 'sparse_vector'):
+            # Convert a vector into a column-matrix. We check for
+            # "sparse_vector" and not "column" because matrices also
+            # have a "column" method.
             elt = elt.column()
 
         if elt not in self.matrix_space():
@@ -1407,7 +1409,7 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         # corresponding to trivial spaces (e.g. it returns only the
         # eigenspace corresponding to lambda=1 if you take the
         # decomposition relative to the identity element).
-        trivial = self.subalgebra(())
+        trivial = self.subalgebra((), check_axioms=False)
         J0 = trivial                          # eigenvalue zero
         J5 = VectorSpace(self.base_ring(), 0) # eigenvalue one-half
         J1 = trivial                          # eigenvalue one