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eja: rename operator_inner_product -> operator_trace inner_product.
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""
+r"""
 Representations and constructions for Euclidean Jordan algebras.
 
 A Euclidean Jordan algebra is a Jordan algebra that has some
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ for these simple algebras:
   * :class:`QuaternionHermitianEJA`
   * :class:`OctonionHermitianEJA`
 
-In addition to these, we provide two other example constructions,
+In addition to these, we provide a few other example constructions,
 
   * :class:`JordanSpinEJA`
   * :class:`HadamardEJA`
   * :class:`AlbertEJA`
   * :class:`TrivialEJA`
+  * :class:`ComplexSkewSymmetricEJA`
 
 The Jordan spin algebra is a bilinear form algebra where the bilinear
 form is the identity. The Hadamard EJA is simply a Cartesian product
@@ -71,18 +72,18 @@ matrix, whereas the inner product must return a scalar. Our basis for
 the one-by-one matrices is of course the set consisting of a single
 matrix with its sole entry non-zero::
 
-    sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import FiniteDimensionalEJA
+    sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import EJA
     sage: jp = lambda X,Y: X*Y
     sage: ip = lambda X,Y: X[0,0]*Y[0,0]
     sage: b1 = matrix(AA, [[1]])
-    sage: J1 = FiniteDimensionalEJA((b1,), jp, ip)
+    sage: J1 = EJA((b1,), jp, ip)
     sage: J1
     Euclidean Jordan algebra of dimension 1 over Algebraic Real Field
 
 In fact, any positive scalar multiple of that inner-product would work::
 
     sage: ip2 = lambda X,Y: 16*ip(X,Y)
-    sage: J2 = FiniteDimensionalEJA((b1,), jp, ip2)
+    sage: J2 = EJA((b1,), jp, ip2)
     sage: J2
     Euclidean Jordan algebra of dimension 1 over Algebraic Real Field
 
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ But beware that your basis will be orthonormalized _with respect to the
 given inner-product_ unless you pass ``orthonormalize=False`` to the
 constructor. For example::
 
-    sage: J3 = FiniteDimensionalEJA((b1,), jp, ip2, orthonormalize=False)
+    sage: J3 = EJA((b1,), jp, ip2, orthonormalize=False)
     sage: J3
     Euclidean Jordan algebra of dimension 1 over Algebraic Real Field
 
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ Another option for your basis is to use elemebts of a
 
     sage: from mjo.matrix_algebra import MatrixAlgebra
     sage: A = MatrixAlgebra(1,AA,AA)
-    sage: J4 = FiniteDimensionalEJA(A.gens(), jp, ip)
+    sage: J4 = EJA(A.gens(), jp, ip)
     sage: J4
     Euclidean Jordan algebra of dimension 1 over Algebraic Real Field
     sage: J4.basis()[0].to_matrix()
@@ -166,9 +167,10 @@ from sage.modules.free_module import FreeModule, VectorSpace
 from sage.rings.all import (ZZ, QQ, AA, QQbar, RR, RLF, CLF,
                             PolynomialRing,
                             QuadraticField)
-from mjo.eja.eja_element import FiniteDimensionalEJAElement
-from mjo.eja.eja_operator import FiniteDimensionalEJAOperator
-from mjo.eja.eja_utils import _all2list, _mat2vec
+from mjo.eja.eja_element import (CartesianProductEJAElement,
+                                 EJAElement)
+from mjo.eja.eja_operator import EJAOperator
+from mjo.eja.eja_utils import _all2list
 
 def EuclideanJordanAlgebras(field):
     r"""
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ def EuclideanJordanAlgebras(field):
     category = category.WithBasis().Unital().Commutative()
     return category
 
-class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
+class EJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
     r"""
     A finite-dimensional Euclidean Jordan algebra.
 
@@ -229,7 +231,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
     We should compute that an element subalgebra is associative even
     if we circumvent the element method::
 
-        sage: set_random_seed()
         sage: J = random_eja(field=QQ,orthonormalize=False)
         sage: x = J.random_element()
         sage: A = x.subalgebra_generated_by(orthonormalize=False)
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         sage: J.subalgebra(basis, orthonormalize=False).is_associative()
         True
     """
-    Element = FiniteDimensionalEJAElement
+    Element = EJAElement
 
     @staticmethod
     def _check_input_field(field):
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
 
         if orthonormalize:
             # Now "self._matrix_span" is the vector space of our
-            # algebra coordinates. The variables "X1", "X2",...  refer
+            # algebra coordinates. The variables "X0", "X1",...  refer
             # to the entries of vectors in self._matrix_span. Thus to
             # convert back and forth between the orthonormal
             # coordinates and the given ones, we need to stick the
@@ -431,7 +432,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
 
         TESTS::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja()
             sage: J(1)
             Traceback (most recent call last):
@@ -456,7 +456,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
 
         TESTS::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja()
             sage: n = J.dimension()
             sage: bi = J.zero()
@@ -498,7 +497,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         Our inner product is "associative," which means the following for
         a symmetric bilinear form::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja()
             sage: x,y,z = J.random_elements(3)
             sage: (x*y).inner_product(z) == y.inner_product(x*z)
@@ -509,7 +507,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         Ensure that this is the usual inner product for the algebras
         over `R^n`::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = HadamardEJA.random_instance()
             sage: x,y = J.random_elements(2)
             sage: actual = x.inner_product(y)
@@ -522,7 +519,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         one). This is in Faraut and Koranyi, and also my "On the
         symmetry..." paper::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = BilinearFormEJA.random_instance()
             sage: n = J.dimension()
             sage: x = J.random_element()
@@ -635,7 +631,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         The values we've presupplied to the constructors agree with
         the computation::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja()
             sage: J.is_associative() == J._jordan_product_is_associative()
             True
@@ -757,7 +752,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         Ensure that we can convert any element back and forth
         faithfully between its matrix and algebra representations::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja()
             sage: x = J.random_element()
             sage: J(x.to_matrix()) == x
@@ -870,7 +864,7 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
 
             sage: J = JordanSpinEJA(3)
             sage: p = J.characteristic_polynomial_of(); p
-            X1^2 - X2^2 - X3^2 + (-2*t)*X1 + t^2
+            X0^2 - X1^2 - X2^2 + (-2*t)*X0 + t^2
             sage: xvec = J.one().to_vector()
             sage: p(*xvec)
             t^2 - 2*t + 1
@@ -919,13 +913,13 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
 
             sage: J = HadamardEJA(2)
             sage: J.coordinate_polynomial_ring()
-            Multivariate Polynomial Ring in X1, X2...
+            Multivariate Polynomial Ring in X0, X1...
             sage: J = RealSymmetricEJA(3,field=QQ,orthonormalize=False)
             sage: J.coordinate_polynomial_ring()
-            Multivariate Polynomial Ring in X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6...
+            Multivariate Polynomial Ring in X0, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5...
 
         """
-        var_names = tuple( "X%d" % z for z in range(1, self.dimension()+1) )
+        var_names = tuple( "X%d" % z for z in range(self.dimension()) )
         return PolynomialRing(self.base_ring(), var_names)
 
     def inner_product(self, x, y):
@@ -947,7 +941,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         Our inner product is "associative," which means the following for
         a symmetric bilinear form::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja()
             sage: x,y,z = J.random_elements(3)
             sage: (x*y).inner_product(z) == y.inner_product(x*z)
@@ -958,7 +951,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         Ensure that this is the usual inner product for the algebras
         over `R^n`::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = HadamardEJA.random_instance()
             sage: x,y = J.random_elements(2)
             sage: actual = x.inner_product(y)
@@ -971,7 +963,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         one). This is in Faraut and Koranyi, and also my "On the
         symmetry..." paper::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = BilinearFormEJA.random_instance()
             sage: n = J.dimension()
             sage: x = J.random_element()
@@ -1199,19 +1190,17 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         The identity element acts like the identity, regardless of
         whether or not we orthonormalize::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja()
             sage: x = J.random_element()
             sage: J.one()*x == x and x*J.one() == x
             True
-            sage: A = x.subalgebra_generated_by()
+            sage: A = x.subalgebra_generated_by(orthonormalize=False)
             sage: y = A.random_element()
             sage: A.one()*y == y and y*A.one() == y
             True
 
         ::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja(field=QQ, orthonormalize=False)
             sage: x = J.random_element()
             sage: J.one()*x == x and x*J.one() == x
@@ -1225,14 +1214,13 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         regardless of the base field and whether or not we
         orthonormalize::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja()
             sage: actual = J.one().operator().matrix()
             sage: expected = matrix.identity(J.base_ring(), J.dimension())
             sage: actual == expected
             True
             sage: x = J.random_element()
-            sage: A = x.subalgebra_generated_by()
+            sage: A = x.subalgebra_generated_by(orthonormalize=False)
             sage: actual = A.one().operator().matrix()
             sage: expected = matrix.identity(A.base_ring(), A.dimension())
             sage: actual == expected
@@ -1240,7 +1228,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
 
         ::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja(field=QQ, orthonormalize=False)
             sage: actual = J.one().operator().matrix()
             sage: expected = matrix.identity(J.base_ring(), J.dimension())
@@ -1256,7 +1243,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         Ensure that the cached unit element (often precomputed by
         hand) agrees with the computed one::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja()
             sage: cached = J.one()
             sage: J.one.clear_cache()
@@ -1265,7 +1251,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
 
         ::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja(field=QQ, orthonormalize=False)
             sage: cached = J.one()
             sage: J.one.clear_cache()
@@ -1281,7 +1266,9 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         #
         # Of course, matrices aren't vectors in sage, so we have to
         # appeal to the "long vectors" isometry.
-        oper_vecs = [ _mat2vec(g.operator().matrix()) for g in self.gens() ]
+
+        V = VectorSpace(self.base_ring(), self.dimension()**2)
+        oper_vecs = [ V(g.operator().matrix().list()) for g in self.gens() ]
 
         # Now we use basic linear algebra to find the coefficients,
         # of the matrices-as-vectors-linear-combination, which should
@@ -1291,7 +1278,7 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         # We used the isometry on the left-hand side already, but we
         # still need to do it for the right-hand side. Recall that we
         # wanted something that summed to the identity matrix.
-        b = _mat2vec( matrix.identity(self.base_ring(), self.dimension()) )
+        b = V( matrix.identity(self.base_ring(), self.dimension()).list() )
 
         # Now if there's an identity element in the algebra, this
         # should work. We solve on the left to avoid having to
@@ -1376,7 +1363,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         Every algebra decomposes trivially with respect to its identity
         element::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja()
             sage: J0,J5,J1 = J.peirce_decomposition(J.one())
             sage: J0.dimension() == 0 and J5.dimension() == 0
@@ -1389,7 +1375,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         elements in the two subalgebras are the projections onto their
         respective subspaces of the superalgebra's identity element::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja()
             sage: x = J.random_element()
             sage: if not J.is_trivial():
@@ -1463,26 +1448,13 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         # For a general base ring... maybe we can trust this to do the
         # right thing? Unlikely, but.
         V = self.vector_space()
-        v = V.random_element()
-
-        if self.base_ring() is AA:
-            # The "random element" method of the algebraic reals is
-            # stupid at the moment, and only returns integers between
-            # -2 and 2, inclusive:
-            #
-            #   https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/30875
-            #
-            # Instead, we implement our own "random vector" method,
-            # and then coerce that into the algebra. We use the vector
-            # space degree here instead of the dimension because a
-            # subalgebra could (for example) be spanned by only two
-            # vectors, each with five coordinates.  We need to
-            # generate all five coordinates.
-            if thorough:
-                v *= QQbar.random_element().real()
-            else:
-                v *= QQ.random_element()
+        if self.base_ring() is AA and not thorough:
+            # Now that AA generates actually random random elements
+            # (post Trac 30875), we only need to de-thorough the
+            # randomness when asked to.
+            V = V.change_ring(QQ)
 
+        v = V.random_element()
         return self.from_vector(V.coordinate_vector(v))
 
     def random_elements(self, count, thorough=False):
@@ -1515,6 +1487,64 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
                       for idx in range(count) )
 
 
+    def operator_polynomial_matrix(self):
+        r"""
+        Return the matrix of polynomials (over this algebra's
+        :meth:`coordinate_polynomial_ring`) that, when evaluated at
+        the basis coordinates of an element `x`, produces the basis
+        representation of `L_{x}`.
+
+        SETUP::
+
+            sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import (HadamardEJA,
+            ....:                                  JordanSpinEJA)
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: J = HadamardEJA(4)
+            sage: L_x = J.operator_polynomial_matrix()
+            sage: L_x
+            [X0  0  0  0]
+            [ 0 X1  0  0]
+            [ 0  0 X2  0]
+            [ 0  0  0 X3]
+            sage: x = J.one()
+            sage: d = zip(J.coordinate_polynomial_ring().gens(), x.to_vector())
+            sage: L_x.subs(dict(d))
+            [1 0 0 0]
+            [0 1 0 0]
+            [0 0 1 0]
+            [0 0 0 1]
+
+        ::
+
+            sage: J = JordanSpinEJA(4)
+            sage: L_x = J.operator_polynomial_matrix()
+            sage: L_x
+            [X0 X1 X2 X3]
+            [X1 X0  0  0]
+            [X2  0 X0  0]
+            [X3  0  0 X0]
+            sage: x = J.one()
+            sage: d = zip(J.coordinate_polynomial_ring().gens(), x.to_vector())
+            sage: L_x.subs(dict(d))
+            [1 0 0 0]
+            [0 1 0 0]
+            [0 0 1 0]
+            [0 0 0 1]
+
+        """
+        R = self.coordinate_polynomial_ring()
+
+        def L_x_i_j(i,j):
+            # From a result in my book, these are the entries of the
+            # basis representation of L_x.
+            return sum( v*self.monomial(k).operator().matrix()[i,j]
+                        for (k,v) in enumerate(R.gens()) )
+
+        n = self.dimension()
+        return matrix(R, n, n, L_x_i_j)
+
     @cached_method
     def _charpoly_coefficients(self):
         r"""
@@ -1530,7 +1560,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         The theory shows that these are all homogeneous polynomials of
         a known degree::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja()
             sage: all(p.is_homogeneous() for p in J._charpoly_coefficients())
             True
@@ -1538,16 +1567,9 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         """
         n = self.dimension()
         R = self.coordinate_polynomial_ring()
-        vars = R.gens()
         F = R.fraction_field()
 
-        def L_x_i_j(i,j):
-            # From a result in my book, these are the entries of the
-            # basis representation of L_x.
-            return sum( vars[k]*self.monomial(k).operator().matrix()[i,j]
-                        for k in range(n) )
-
-        L_x = matrix(F, n, n, L_x_i_j)
+        L_x = self.operator_polynomial_matrix()
 
         r = None
         if self.rank.is_in_cache():
@@ -1628,7 +1650,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         positive integer rank, unless the algebra is trivial in
         which case its rank will be zero::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = random_eja()
             sage: r = J.rank()
             sage: r in ZZ
@@ -1639,7 +1660,6 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         Ensure that computing the rank actually works, since the ranks
         of all simple algebras are known and will be cached by default::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()    # long time
             sage: J = random_eja()     # long time
             sage: cached = J.rank()    # long time
             sage: J.rank.clear_cache() # long time
@@ -1654,8 +1674,8 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         r"""
         Create a subalgebra of this algebra from the given basis.
         """
-        from mjo.eja.eja_subalgebra import FiniteDimensionalEJASubalgebra
-        return FiniteDimensionalEJASubalgebra(self, basis, **kwargs)
+        from mjo.eja.eja_subalgebra import EJASubalgebra
+        return EJASubalgebra(self, basis, **kwargs)
 
 
     def vector_space(self):
@@ -1677,7 +1697,7 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
 
 
 
-class RationalBasisEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
+class RationalBasisEJA(EJA):
     r"""
     Algebras whose supplied basis elements have all rational entries.
 
@@ -1732,7 +1752,7 @@ class RationalBasisEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
             # Note: the same Jordan and inner-products work here,
             # because they are necessarily defined with respect to
             # ambient coordinates and not any particular basis.
-            self._rational_algebra = FiniteDimensionalEJA(
+            self._rational_algebra = EJA(
                                        basis,
                                        jordan_product,
                                        inner_product,
@@ -1743,6 +1763,15 @@ class RationalBasisEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
                                        check_field=False,
                                        check_axioms=False)
 
+    def rational_algebra(self):
+        # Using None as a flag here (rather than just assigning "self"
+        # to self._rational_algebra by default) feels a little bit
+        # more sane to me in a garbage-collected environment.
+        if self._rational_algebra is None:
+            return self
+        else:
+            return self._rational_algebra
+
     @cached_method
     def _charpoly_coefficients(self):
         r"""
@@ -1759,7 +1788,7 @@ class RationalBasisEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
 
             sage: J = JordanSpinEJA(3)
             sage: J._charpoly_coefficients()
-            (X1^2 - X2^2 - X3^2, -2*X1)
+            (X0^2 - X1^2 - X2^2, -2*X0)
             sage: a0 = J._charpoly_coefficients()[0]
             sage: J.base_ring()
             Algebraic Real Field
@@ -1767,21 +1796,17 @@ class RationalBasisEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
             Algebraic Real Field
 
         """
-        if self._rational_algebra is None:
-            # There's no need to construct *another* algebra over the
-            # rationals if this one is already over the
-            # rationals. Likewise, if we never orthonormalized our
-            # basis, we might as well just use the given one.
+        if self.rational_algebra() is self:
+            # Bypass the hijinks if they won't benefit us.
             return super()._charpoly_coefficients()
 
-        # Do the computation over the rationals. The answer will be
-        # the same, because all we've done is a change of basis.
-        # Then, change back from QQ to our real base ring
+        # Do the computation over the rationals.
         a = ( a_i.change_ring(self.base_ring())
-              for a_i in self._rational_algebra._charpoly_coefficients() )
+              for a_i in self.rational_algebra()._charpoly_coefficients() )
 
-        # Otherwise, convert the coordinate variables back to the
-        # deorthonormalized ones.
+        # Convert our coordinate variables into deorthonormalized ones
+        # and substitute them into the deorthonormalized charpoly
+        # coefficients.
         R = self.coordinate_polynomial_ring()
         from sage.modules.free_module_element import vector
         X = vector(R, R.gens())
@@ -1790,7 +1815,7 @@ class RationalBasisEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
         subs_dict = { X[i]: BX[i] for i in range(len(X)) }
         return tuple( a_i.subs(subs_dict) for a_i in a )
 
-class ConcreteEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
+class ConcreteEJA(EJA):
     r"""
     A class for the Euclidean Jordan algebras that we know by name.
 
@@ -1808,7 +1833,6 @@ class ConcreteEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
     Our basis is normalized with respect to the algebra's inner
     product, unless we specify otherwise::
 
-        sage: set_random_seed()
         sage: J = ConcreteEJA.random_instance()
         sage: all( b.norm() == 1 for b in J.gens() )
         True
@@ -1819,7 +1843,6 @@ class ConcreteEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
     natural->EJA basis representation is an isometry and within the
     EJA the operator is self-adjoint by the Jordan axiom::
 
-        sage: set_random_seed()
         sage: J = ConcreteEJA.random_instance()
         sage: x = J.random_element()
         sage: x.operator().is_self_adjoint()
@@ -1893,11 +1916,11 @@ class ConcreteEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
         return eja_class.random_instance(max_dimension, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
-class MatrixEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
+class HermitianMatrixEJA(EJA):
     @staticmethod
     def _denormalized_basis(A):
         """
-        Returns a basis for the space of complex Hermitian n-by-n matrices.
+        Returns a basis for the given Hermitian matrix space.
 
         Why do we embed these? Basically, because all of numerical linear
         algebra assumes that you're working with vectors consisting of `n`
@@ -1910,41 +1933,37 @@ class MatrixEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
             sage: from mjo.hurwitz import (ComplexMatrixAlgebra,
             ....:                          QuaternionMatrixAlgebra,
             ....:                          OctonionMatrixAlgebra)
-            sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import MatrixEJA
+            sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import HermitianMatrixEJA
 
         TESTS::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: n = ZZ.random_element(1,5)
             sage: A = MatrixSpace(QQ, n)
-            sage: B = MatrixEJA._denormalized_basis(A)
+            sage: B = HermitianMatrixEJA._denormalized_basis(A)
             sage: all( M.is_hermitian() for M in  B)
             True
 
         ::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: n = ZZ.random_element(1,5)
             sage: A = ComplexMatrixAlgebra(n, scalars=QQ)
-            sage: B = MatrixEJA._denormalized_basis(A)
+            sage: B = HermitianMatrixEJA._denormalized_basis(A)
             sage: all( M.is_hermitian() for M in  B)
             True
 
         ::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: n = ZZ.random_element(1,5)
             sage: A = QuaternionMatrixAlgebra(n, scalars=QQ)
-            sage: B = MatrixEJA._denormalized_basis(A)
+            sage: B = HermitianMatrixEJA._denormalized_basis(A)
             sage: all( M.is_hermitian() for M in B )
             True
 
         ::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: n = ZZ.random_element(1,5)
             sage: A = OctonionMatrixAlgebra(n, scalars=QQ)
-            sage: B = MatrixEJA._denormalized_basis(A)
+            sage: B = HermitianMatrixEJA._denormalized_basis(A)
             sage: all( M.is_hermitian() for M in B )
             True
 
@@ -2039,7 +2058,6 @@ class MatrixEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
         # if the user passes check_axioms=True.
         if "check_axioms" not in kwargs: kwargs["check_axioms"] = False
 
-
         super().__init__(self._denormalized_basis(matrix_space),
                          self.jordan_product,
                          self.trace_inner_product,
@@ -2050,7 +2068,7 @@ class MatrixEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
         self.rank.set_cache(matrix_space.nrows())
         self.one.set_cache( self(matrix_space.one()) )
 
-class RealSymmetricEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
+class RealSymmetricEJA(HermitianMatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
     """
     The rank-n simple EJA consisting of real symmetric n-by-n
     matrices, the usual symmetric Jordan product, and the trace inner
@@ -2083,7 +2101,6 @@ class RealSymmetricEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
 
     The dimension of this algebra is `(n^2 + n) / 2`::
 
-        sage: set_random_seed()
         sage: d = RealSymmetricEJA._max_random_instance_dimension()
         sage: n = RealSymmetricEJA._max_random_instance_size(d)
         sage: J = RealSymmetricEJA(n)
@@ -2092,7 +2109,6 @@ class RealSymmetricEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
 
     The Jordan multiplication is what we think it is::
 
-        sage: set_random_seed()
         sage: J = RealSymmetricEJA.random_instance()
         sage: x,y = J.random_elements(2)
         sage: actual = (x*y).to_matrix()
@@ -2134,24 +2150,17 @@ class RealSymmetricEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
         return cls(n, **kwargs)
 
     def __init__(self, n, field=AA, **kwargs):
-        # We know this is a valid EJA, but will double-check
-        # if the user passes check_axioms=True.
-        if "check_axioms" not in kwargs: kwargs["check_axioms"] = False
-
         A = MatrixSpace(field, n)
         super().__init__(A, **kwargs)
 
         from mjo.eja.eja_cache import real_symmetric_eja_coeffs
         a = real_symmetric_eja_coeffs(self)
         if a is not None:
-            if self._rational_algebra is None:
-                self._charpoly_coefficients.set_cache(a)
-            else:
-                self._rational_algebra._charpoly_coefficients.set_cache(a)
+            self.rational_algebra()._charpoly_coefficients.set_cache(a)
 
 
 
-class ComplexHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
+class ComplexHermitianEJA(HermitianMatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
     """
     The rank-n simple EJA consisting of complex Hermitian n-by-n
     matrices over the real numbers, the usual symmetric Jordan product,
@@ -2178,20 +2187,10 @@ class ComplexHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
         ...
         TypeError: Illegal initializer for algebraic number
 
-    This causes the following error when we try to scale a matrix of
-    complex numbers by an inexact real number::
-
-        sage: ComplexHermitianEJA(2,field=RR)
-        Traceback (most recent call last):
-        ...
-        TypeError: Unable to coerce entries (=(1.00000000000000,
-        -0.000000000000000)) to coefficients in Algebraic Real Field
-
     TESTS:
 
     The dimension of this algebra is `n^2`::
 
-        sage: set_random_seed()
         sage: d = ComplexHermitianEJA._max_random_instance_dimension()
         sage: n = ComplexHermitianEJA._max_random_instance_size(d)
         sage: J = ComplexHermitianEJA(n)
@@ -2200,7 +2199,6 @@ class ComplexHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
 
     The Jordan multiplication is what we think it is::
 
-        sage: set_random_seed()
         sage: J = ComplexHermitianEJA.random_instance()
         sage: x,y = J.random_elements(2)
         sage: actual = (x*y).to_matrix()
@@ -2224,10 +2222,6 @@ class ComplexHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
 
     """
     def __init__(self, n, field=AA, **kwargs):
-        # We know this is a valid EJA, but will double-check
-        # if the user passes check_axioms=True.
-        if "check_axioms" not in kwargs: kwargs["check_axioms"] = False
-
         from mjo.hurwitz import ComplexMatrixAlgebra
         A = ComplexMatrixAlgebra(n, scalars=field)
         super().__init__(A, **kwargs)
@@ -2235,10 +2229,7 @@ class ComplexHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
         from mjo.eja.eja_cache import complex_hermitian_eja_coeffs
         a = complex_hermitian_eja_coeffs(self)
         if a is not None:
-            if self._rational_algebra is None:
-                self._charpoly_coefficients.set_cache(a)
-            else:
-                self._rational_algebra._charpoly_coefficients.set_cache(a)
+            self.rational_algebra()._charpoly_coefficients.set_cache(a)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _max_random_instance_size(max_dimension):
@@ -2259,7 +2250,7 @@ class ComplexHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
         return cls(n, **kwargs)
 
 
-class QuaternionHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
+class QuaternionHermitianEJA(HermitianMatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
     r"""
     The rank-n simple EJA consisting of self-adjoint n-by-n quaternion
     matrices, the usual symmetric Jordan product, and the
@@ -2284,7 +2275,6 @@ class QuaternionHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
 
     The dimension of this algebra is `2*n^2 - n`::
 
-        sage: set_random_seed()
         sage: d = QuaternionHermitianEJA._max_random_instance_dimension()
         sage: n = QuaternionHermitianEJA._max_random_instance_size(d)
         sage: J = QuaternionHermitianEJA(n)
@@ -2293,7 +2283,6 @@ class QuaternionHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
 
     The Jordan multiplication is what we think it is::
 
-        sage: set_random_seed()
         sage: J = QuaternionHermitianEJA.random_instance()
         sage: x,y = J.random_elements(2)
         sage: actual = (x*y).to_matrix()
@@ -2317,10 +2306,6 @@ class QuaternionHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
 
     """
     def __init__(self, n, field=AA, **kwargs):
-        # We know this is a valid EJA, but will double-check
-        # if the user passes check_axioms=True.
-        if "check_axioms" not in kwargs: kwargs["check_axioms"] = False
-
         from mjo.hurwitz import QuaternionMatrixAlgebra
         A = QuaternionMatrixAlgebra(n, scalars=field)
         super().__init__(A, **kwargs)
@@ -2328,10 +2313,7 @@ class QuaternionHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
         from mjo.eja.eja_cache import quaternion_hermitian_eja_coeffs
         a = quaternion_hermitian_eja_coeffs(self)
         if a is not None:
-            if self._rational_algebra is None:
-                self._charpoly_coefficients.set_cache(a)
-            else:
-                self._rational_algebra._charpoly_coefficients.set_cache(a)
+            self.rational_algebra()._charpoly_coefficients.set_cache(a)
 
 
 
@@ -2356,11 +2338,11 @@ class QuaternionHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
         n = ZZ.random_element(max_size + 1)
         return cls(n, **kwargs)
 
-class OctonionHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
+class OctonionHermitianEJA(HermitianMatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
     r"""
     SETUP::
 
-        sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import (FiniteDimensionalEJA,
+        sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import (EJA,
         ....:                                  OctonionHermitianEJA)
         sage: from mjo.hurwitz import Octonions, OctonionMatrixAlgebra
 
@@ -2382,7 +2364,7 @@ class OctonionHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
         sage: basis = (b[0] + b[9],) + b[1:9] + (b[0] - b[9],)
         sage: jp = OctonionHermitianEJA.jordan_product
         sage: ip = OctonionHermitianEJA.trace_inner_product
-        sage: J = FiniteDimensionalEJA(basis,
+        sage: J = EJA(basis,
         ....:                          jp,
         ....:                          ip,
         ....:                          field=QQ,
@@ -2446,7 +2428,7 @@ class OctonionHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
     @staticmethod
     def _max_random_instance_size(max_dimension):
         r"""
-        The maximum rank of a random QuaternionHermitianEJA.
+        The maximum rank of a random OctonionHermitianEJA.
         """
         # There's certainly a formula for this, but with only four
         # cases to worry about, I'm not that motivated to derive it.
@@ -2487,10 +2469,7 @@ class OctonionHermitianEJA(MatrixEJA, RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
         from mjo.eja.eja_cache import octonion_hermitian_eja_coeffs
         a = octonion_hermitian_eja_coeffs(self)
         if a is not None:
-            if self._rational_algebra is None:
-                self._charpoly_coefficients.set_cache(a)
-            else:
-                self._rational_algebra._charpoly_coefficients.set_cache(a)
+            self.rational_algebra()._charpoly_coefficients.set_cache(a)
 
 
 class AlbertEJA(OctonionHermitianEJA):
@@ -2676,7 +2655,6 @@ class BilinearFormEJA(RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
     matrix.  We opt not to orthonormalize the basis, because if we
     did, we would have to normalize the `s_{i}` in a similar manner::
 
-        sage: set_random_seed()
         sage: n = ZZ.random_element(5)
         sage: M = matrix.random(QQ, max(0,n-1), algorithm='unimodular')
         sage: B11 = matrix.identity(QQ,1)
@@ -2838,7 +2816,6 @@ class JordanSpinEJA(BilinearFormEJA):
 
         Ensure that we have the usual inner product on `R^n`::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J = JordanSpinEJA.random_instance()
             sage: x,y = J.random_elements(2)
             sage: actual = x.inner_product(y)
@@ -2937,7 +2914,7 @@ class TrivialEJA(RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
         return cls(**kwargs)
 
 
-class CartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
+class CartesianProductEJA(EJA):
     r"""
     The external (orthogonal) direct sum of two or more Euclidean
     Jordan algebras. Every Euclidean Jordan algebra decomposes into an
@@ -2949,6 +2926,7 @@ class CartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
 
         sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import (random_eja,
         ....:                                  CartesianProductEJA,
+        ....:                                  ComplexHermitianEJA,
         ....:                                  HadamardEJA,
         ....:                                  JordanSpinEJA,
         ....:                                  RealSymmetricEJA)
@@ -2958,7 +2936,6 @@ class CartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
     The Jordan product is inherited from our factors and implemented by
     our CombinatorialFreeModule Cartesian product superclass::
 
-        sage: set_random_seed()
         sage: J1 = HadamardEJA(2)
         sage: J2 = RealSymmetricEJA(2)
         sage: J = cartesian_product([J1,J2])
@@ -3060,6 +3037,28 @@ class CartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
         | b2 || 0  | 0  | b2 |
         +----++----+----+----+
 
+    The "matrix space" of a Cartesian product always consists of
+    ordered pairs (or triples, or...) whose components are the
+    matrix spaces of its factors::
+
+            sage: J1 = HadamardEJA(2)
+            sage: J2 = ComplexHermitianEJA(2)
+            sage: J = cartesian_product([J1,J2])
+            sage: J.matrix_space()
+            The Cartesian product of (Full MatrixSpace of 2 by 1 dense
+            matrices over Algebraic Real Field, Module of 2 by 2 matrices
+            with entries in Algebraic Field over the scalar ring Algebraic
+            Real Field)
+            sage: J.one().to_matrix()[0]
+            [1]
+            [1]
+            sage: J.one().to_matrix()[1]
+            +---+---+
+            | 1 | 0 |
+            +---+---+
+            | 0 | 1 |
+            +---+---+
+
     TESTS:
 
     All factors must share the same base field::
@@ -3073,7 +3072,6 @@ class CartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
 
     The cached unit element is the same one that would be computed::
 
-        sage: set_random_seed()              # long time
         sage: J1 = random_eja()              # long time
         sage: J2 = random_eja()              # long time
         sage: J = cartesian_product([J1,J2]) # long time
@@ -3082,8 +3080,8 @@ class CartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
         sage: expected = J.one()             # long time
         sage: actual == expected             # long time
         True
-
     """
+    Element = CartesianProductEJAElement
     def __init__(self, factors, **kwargs):
         m = len(factors)
         if m == 0:
@@ -3101,8 +3099,13 @@ class CartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
         if associative: category = category.Associative()
         category = category.join([category, category.CartesianProducts()])
 
-        # Compute my matrix space. This category isn't perfect, but
-        # is good enough for what we need to do.
+        # Compute my matrix space.  We don't simply use the
+        # ``cartesian_product()`` functor here because it acts
+        # differently on SageMath MatrixSpaces and our custom
+        # MatrixAlgebras, which are CombinatorialFreeModules. We
+        # always want the result to be represented (and indexed) as an
+        # ordered tuple. This category isn't perfect, but is good
+        # enough for what we need to do.
         MS_cat = MagmaticAlgebras(field).FiniteDimensional().WithBasis()
         MS_cat = MS_cat.Unital().CartesianProducts()
         MS_factors = tuple( J.matrix_space() for J in factors )
@@ -3153,6 +3156,8 @@ class CartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
         self._inner_product_matrix = matrix.block_diagonal(
             [J._inner_product_matrix for J in factors]
         )
+        self._inner_product_matrix._cache = {'hermitian': True}
+        self._inner_product_matrix.set_immutable()
 
         # Building the multiplication table is a bit more tricky
         # because we have to embed the entries of the factors'
@@ -3180,6 +3185,34 @@ class CartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
         ones = tuple(J.one().to_matrix() for J in factors)
         self.one.set_cache(self(ones))
 
+    def _sets_keys(self):
+        r"""
+
+        SETUP::
+
+            sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import (ComplexHermitianEJA,
+            ....:                                  RealSymmetricEJA)
+
+        TESTS:
+
+        The superclass uses ``_sets_keys()`` to implement its
+        ``cartesian_factors()`` method::
+
+            sage: J1 = RealSymmetricEJA(2,
+            ....:                       field=QQ,
+            ....:                       orthonormalize=False,
+            ....:                       prefix="a")
+            sage: J2 = ComplexHermitianEJA(2,field=QQ,orthonormalize=False)
+            sage: J = cartesian_product([J1,J2])
+            sage: x = sum(i*J.gens()[i] for i in range(len(J.gens())))
+            sage: x.cartesian_factors()
+            (a1 + 2*a2, 3*b0 + 4*b1 + 5*b2 + 6*b3)
+
+        """
+        # Copy/pasted from CombinatorialFreeModule_CartesianProduct,
+        # but returning a tuple instead of a list.
+        return tuple(range(len(self.cartesian_factors())))
+
     def cartesian_factors(self):
         # Copy/pasted from CombinatorialFreeModule_CartesianProduct.
         return self._sets
@@ -3196,65 +3229,6 @@ class CartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
         return cartesian_product.symbol.join("%s" % factor
                                              for factor in self._sets)
 
-    def matrix_space(self):
-        r"""
-        Return the space that our matrix basis lives in as a Cartesian
-        product.
-
-        We don't simply use the ``cartesian_product()`` functor here
-        because it acts differently on SageMath MatrixSpaces and our
-        custom MatrixAlgebras, which are CombinatorialFreeModules. We
-        always want the result to be represented (and indexed) as
-        an ordered tuple.
-
-        SETUP::
-
-            sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import (ComplexHermitianEJA,
-            ....:                                  HadamardEJA,
-            ....:                                  OctonionHermitianEJA,
-            ....:                                  RealSymmetricEJA)
-
-        EXAMPLES::
-
-            sage: J1 = HadamardEJA(1)
-            sage: J2 = RealSymmetricEJA(2)
-            sage: J = cartesian_product([J1,J2])
-            sage: J.matrix_space()
-            The Cartesian product of (Full MatrixSpace of 1 by 1 dense
-            matrices over Algebraic Real Field, Full MatrixSpace of 2
-            by 2 dense matrices over Algebraic Real Field)
-
-        ::
-
-            sage: J1 = ComplexHermitianEJA(1)
-            sage: J2 = ComplexHermitianEJA(1)
-            sage: J = cartesian_product([J1,J2])
-            sage: J.one().to_matrix()[0]
-            +---+
-            | 1 |
-            +---+
-            sage: J.one().to_matrix()[1]
-            +---+
-            | 1 |
-            +---+
-
-        ::
-
-            sage: J1 = OctonionHermitianEJA(1)
-            sage: J2 = OctonionHermitianEJA(1)
-            sage: J = cartesian_product([J1,J2])
-            sage: J.one().to_matrix()[0]
-            +----+
-            | e0 |
-            +----+
-            sage: J.one().to_matrix()[1]
-            +----+
-            | e0 |
-            +----+
-
-        """
-        return super().matrix_space()
-
 
     @cached_method
     def cartesian_projection(self, i):
@@ -3316,7 +3290,6 @@ class CartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
 
         The answer never changes::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J1 = random_eja()
             sage: J2 = random_eja()
             sage: J = cartesian_product([J1,J2])
@@ -3332,7 +3305,7 @@ class CartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
         Pi = self._module_morphism(lambda j: Ji.monomial(j - offset),
                                    codomain=Ji)
 
-        return FiniteDimensionalEJAOperator(self,Ji,Pi.matrix())
+        return EJAOperator(self,Ji,Pi.matrix())
 
     @cached_method
     def cartesian_embedding(self, i):
@@ -3406,7 +3379,6 @@ class CartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
 
         The answer never changes::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J1 = random_eja()
             sage: J2 = random_eja()
             sage: J = cartesian_product([J1,J2])
@@ -3419,7 +3391,6 @@ class CartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
         produce the identity map, and mismatching them should produce
         the zero map::
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
             sage: J1 = random_eja()
             sage: J2 = random_eja()
             sage: J = cartesian_product([J1,J2])
@@ -3442,11 +3413,39 @@ class CartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEJA):
         Ji = self.cartesian_factor(i)
         Ei = Ji._module_morphism(lambda j: self.monomial(j + offset),
                                  codomain=self)
-        return FiniteDimensionalEJAOperator(Ji,self,Ei.matrix())
+        return EJAOperator(Ji,self,Ei.matrix())
+
 
+    def subalgebra(self, basis, **kwargs):
+        r"""
+        Create a subalgebra of this algebra from the given basis.
+
+        Only overridden to allow us to use a special Cartesian product
+        subalgebra class.
+
+        SETUP::
+
+            sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import (HadamardEJA,
+            ....:                                  QuaternionHermitianEJA)
+
+        EXAMPLES:
+
+        Subalgebras of Cartesian product EJAs have a different class
+        than those of non-Cartesian-product EJAs::
 
+            sage: J1 = HadamardEJA(2,field=QQ,orthonormalize=False)
+            sage: J2 = QuaternionHermitianEJA(0,field=QQ,orthonormalize=False)
+            sage: J = cartesian_product([J1,J2])
+            sage: K1 = J1.subalgebra((J1.one(),), orthonormalize=False)
+            sage: K = J.subalgebra((J.one(),), orthonormalize=False)
+            sage: K1.__class__ is K.__class__
+            False
+
+        """
+        from mjo.eja.eja_subalgebra import CartesianProductEJASubalgebra
+        return CartesianProductEJASubalgebra(self, basis, **kwargs)
 
-FiniteDimensionalEJA.CartesianProduct = CartesianProductEJA
+EJA.CartesianProduct = CartesianProductEJA
 
 class RationalBasisCartesianProductEJA(CartesianProductEJA,
                                        RationalBasisEJA):
@@ -3456,9 +3455,9 @@ class RationalBasisCartesianProductEJA(CartesianProductEJA,
 
     SETUP::
 
-        sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import (HadamardEJA,
+        sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import (EJA,
+        ....:                                  HadamardEJA,
         ....:                                  JordanSpinEJA,
-        ....:                                  OctonionHermitianEJA,
         ....:                                  RealSymmetricEJA)
 
     EXAMPLES:
@@ -3479,28 +3478,38 @@ class RationalBasisCartesianProductEJA(CartesianProductEJA,
 
     The ``cartesian_product()`` function only uses the first factor to
     decide where the result will live; thus we have to be careful to
-    check that all factors do indeed have a `_rational_algebra` member
-    before we try to access it::
-
-        sage: J1 = OctonionHermitianEJA(1) # no rational basis
-        sage: J2 = HadamardEJA(2)
-        sage: cartesian_product([J1,J2])
-        Euclidean Jordan algebra of dimension 1 over Algebraic Real Field
-        (+) Euclidean Jordan algebra of dimension 2 over Algebraic Real Field
-        sage: cartesian_product([J2,J1])
-        Euclidean Jordan algebra of dimension 2 over Algebraic Real Field
-        (+) Euclidean Jordan algebra of dimension 1 over Algebraic Real Field
+    check that all factors do indeed have a ``rational_algebra()`` method
+    before we construct an algebra that claims to have a rational basis::
+
+        sage: J1 = HadamardEJA(2)
+        sage: jp = lambda X,Y: X*Y
+        sage: ip = lambda X,Y: X[0,0]*Y[0,0]
+        sage: b1 = matrix(QQ, [[1]])
+        sage: J2 = EJA((b1,), jp, ip)
+        sage: cartesian_product([J2,J1]) # factor one not RationalBasisEJA
+        Euclidean Jordan algebra of dimension 1 over Algebraic Real
+        Field (+) Euclidean Jordan algebra of dimension 2 over Algebraic
+        Real Field
+        sage: cartesian_product([J1,J2]) # factor one is RationalBasisEJA
+        Traceback (most recent call last):
+        ...
+        ValueError: factor not a RationalBasisEJA
 
     """
     def __init__(self, algebras, **kwargs):
+        if not all( hasattr(r, "rational_algebra") for r in algebras ):
+            raise ValueError("factor not a RationalBasisEJA")
+
         CartesianProductEJA.__init__(self, algebras, **kwargs)
 
-        self._rational_algebra = None
-        if self.vector_space().base_field() is not QQ:
-            if all( hasattr(r, "_rational_algebra") for r in algebras ):
-                self._rational_algebra = cartesian_product([
-                    r._rational_algebra for r in algebras
-                ])
+    @cached_method
+    def rational_algebra(self):
+        if self.base_ring() is QQ:
+            return self
+
+        return cartesian_product([
+            r.rational_algebra() for r in self.cartesian_factors()
+        ])
 
 
 RationalBasisEJA.CartesianProduct = RationalBasisCartesianProductEJA
@@ -3514,7 +3523,6 @@ def random_eja(max_dimension=None, *args, **kwargs):
 
     TESTS::
 
-        sage: set_random_seed()
         sage: n = ZZ.random_element(1,5)
         sage: J = random_eja(max_dimension=n, field=QQ, orthonormalize=False)
         sage: J.dimension() <= n
@@ -3540,3 +3548,234 @@ def random_eja(max_dimension=None, *args, **kwargs):
         # if the sub-call also Decides on a cartesian product.
         J2 = random_eja(new_max_dimension, *args, **kwargs)
         return cartesian_product([J1,J2])
+
+
+class ComplexSkewSymmetricEJA(RationalBasisEJA, ConcreteEJA):
+    r"""
+    The skew-symmetric EJA of order `2n` described in Faraut and
+    Koranyi's Exercise III.1.b. It has dimension `2n^2 - n`.
+
+    It is (not obviously) isomorphic to the QuaternionHermitianEJA of
+    order `n`, as can be inferred by comparing rank/dimension or
+    explicitly from their "characteristic polynomial of" functions,
+    which just so happen to align nicely.
+
+    SETUP::
+
+        sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import (ComplexSkewSymmetricEJA,
+        ....:                                  QuaternionHermitianEJA)
+        sage: from mjo.eja.eja_operator import EJAOperator
+
+    EXAMPLES:
+
+    This EJA is isomorphic to the quaternions::
+
+        sage: J = ComplexSkewSymmetricEJA(2, field=QQ, orthonormalize=False)
+        sage: K = QuaternionHermitianEJA(2, field=QQ, orthonormalize=False)
+        sage: jordan_isom_matrix = matrix.diagonal(QQ,[-1,1,1,1,1,-1])
+        sage: phi = EJAOperator(J,K,jordan_isom_matrix)
+        sage: all( phi(x*y) == phi(x)*phi(y)
+        ....:      for x in J.gens()
+        ....:      for y in J.gens() )
+        True
+        sage: x,y = J.random_elements(2)
+        sage: phi(x*y) == phi(x)*phi(y)
+        True
+
+    TESTS:
+
+    Random elements should satisfy the same conditions that the basis
+    elements do::
+
+        sage: K = ComplexSkewSymmetricEJA.random_instance(field=QQ,
+        ....:                                             orthonormalize=False)
+        sage: x,y = K.random_elements(2)
+        sage: z = x*y
+        sage: x = x.to_matrix()
+        sage: y = y.to_matrix()
+        sage: z = z.to_matrix()
+        sage: all( e.is_skew_symmetric() for e in (x,y,z) )
+        True
+        sage: J = -K.one().to_matrix()
+        sage: all( e*J == J*e.conjugate() for e in (x,y,z) )
+        True
+
+    The power law in Faraut & Koranyi's II.7.a is satisfied.
+    We're in a subalgebra of theirs, but powers are still
+    defined the same::
+
+        sage: K = ComplexSkewSymmetricEJA.random_instance(field=QQ,
+        ....:                                             orthonormalize=False)
+        sage: x = K.random_element()
+        sage: k = ZZ.random_element(5)
+        sage: actual = x^k
+        sage: J = -K.one().to_matrix()
+        sage: expected = K(-J*(J*x.to_matrix())^k)
+        sage: actual == expected
+        True
+
+    """
+    @staticmethod
+    def _max_random_instance_size(max_dimension):
+        # Obtained by solving d = 2n^2 - n, which comes from noticing
+        # that, in 2x2 block form, any element of this algebra has a
+        # free skew-symmetric top-left block, a Hermitian top-right
+        # block, and two bottom blocks that are determined by the top.
+        # The ZZ-int-ZZ thing is just "floor."
+        return ZZ(int(ZZ(8*max_dimension + 1).sqrt()/4 + 1/4))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def random_instance(cls, max_dimension=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Return a random instance of this type of algebra.
+        """
+        class_max_d = cls._max_random_instance_dimension()
+        if (max_dimension is None or max_dimension > class_max_d):
+            max_dimension = class_max_d
+        max_size = cls._max_random_instance_size(max_dimension)
+        n = ZZ.random_element(max_size + 1)
+        return cls(n, **kwargs)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _denormalized_basis(A):
+        """
+        SETUP::
+
+            sage: from mjo.hurwitz import ComplexMatrixAlgebra
+            sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import ComplexSkewSymmetricEJA
+
+        TESTS:
+
+        The basis elements are all skew-Hermitian::
+
+            sage: d_max = ComplexSkewSymmetricEJA._max_random_instance_dimension()
+            sage: n_max = ComplexSkewSymmetricEJA._max_random_instance_size(d_max)
+            sage: n = ZZ.random_element(n_max + 1)
+            sage: A = ComplexMatrixAlgebra(2*n, scalars=QQ)
+            sage: B = ComplexSkewSymmetricEJA._denormalized_basis(A)
+            sage: all( M.is_skew_symmetric() for M in  B)
+            True
+
+        The basis elements ``b`` all satisfy ``b*J == J*b.conjugate()``,
+        as in the definition of the algebra::
+
+            sage: d_max = ComplexSkewSymmetricEJA._max_random_instance_dimension()
+            sage: n_max = ComplexSkewSymmetricEJA._max_random_instance_size(d_max)
+            sage: n = ZZ.random_element(n_max + 1)
+            sage: A = ComplexMatrixAlgebra(2*n, scalars=QQ)
+            sage: I_n = matrix.identity(ZZ, n)
+            sage: J = matrix.block(ZZ, 2, 2, (0, I_n, -I_n, 0), subdivide=False)
+            sage: J = A.from_list(J.rows())
+            sage: B = ComplexSkewSymmetricEJA._denormalized_basis(A)
+            sage: all( b*J == J*b.conjugate()  for b in B )
+            True
+
+        """
+        es = A.entry_algebra_gens()
+        gen = lambda A,m: A.monomial(m)
+
+        basis = []
+
+        # The size of the blocks. We're going to treat these thing as
+        # 2x2 block matrices,
+        #
+        #   [  x1        x2      ]
+        #   [ -x2-conj   x1-conj ]
+        #
+        # where x1 is skew-symmetric and x2 is Hermitian.
+        #
+        m = A.nrows()/2
+
+        # We only loop through the top half of the matrix, because the
+        # bottom can be constructed from the top.
+        for i in range(m):
+            # First do the top-left block, which is skew-symmetric.
+            # We can compute the bottom-right block in the process.
+            for j in range(i+1):
+                if i != j:
+                    # Skew-symmetry implies zeros for (i == j).
+                    for e in es:
+                        # Top-left block's entry.
+                        E_ij  = gen(A, (i,j,e))
+                        E_ij -= gen(A, (j,i,e))
+
+                        # Bottom-right block's entry.
+                        F_ij  = gen(A, (i+m,j+m,e)).conjugate()
+                        F_ij -= gen(A, (j+m,i+m,e)).conjugate()
+
+                        basis.append(E_ij + F_ij)
+
+            # Now do the top-right block, which is Hermitian, and compute
+            # the bottom-left block along the way.
+            for j in range(m,i+m+1):
+                if (i+m) == j:
+                    # Hermitian matrices have real diagonal entries.
+                    # Top-right block's entry.
+                    E_ii = gen(A, (i,j,es[0]))
+
+                    # Bottom-left block's entry. Don't conjugate
+                    # 'cause it's real.
+                    E_ii -= gen(A, (i+m,j-m,es[0]))
+                    basis.append(E_ii)
+                else:
+                    for e in es:
+                        # Top-right block's entry. BEWARE! We're not
+                        # reflecting across the main diagonal as in
+                        # (i,j)~(j,i). We're only reflecting across
+                        # the diagonal for the top-right block.
+                        E_ij  = gen(A, (i,j,e))
+
+                        # Shift it back to non-offset coords, transpose,
+                        # conjugate, and put it back:
+                        #
+                        # (i,j) -> (i,j-m) -> (j-m, i) -> (j-m, i+m)
+                        E_ij += gen(A, (j-m,i+m,e)).conjugate()
+
+                        # Bottom-left's block's below-diagonal entry.
+                        # Just shift the top-right coords down m and
+                        # left m.
+                        F_ij  = -gen(A, (i+m,j-m,e)).conjugate()
+                        F_ij += -gen(A, (j,i,e)) # double-conjugate cancels
+
+                        basis.append(E_ij + F_ij)
+
+        return tuple( basis )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    @cached_method
+    def _J_matrix(matrix_space):
+        n = matrix_space.nrows() // 2
+        F = matrix_space.base_ring()
+        I_n = matrix.identity(F, n)
+        J = matrix.block(F, 2, 2, (0, I_n, -I_n, 0), subdivide=False)
+        return matrix_space.from_list(J.rows())
+
+    def J_matrix(self):
+        return ComplexSkewSymmetricEJA._J_matrix(self.matrix_space())
+
+    def __init__(self, n, field=AA, **kwargs):
+        # New code; always check the axioms.
+        #if "check_axioms" not in kwargs: kwargs["check_axioms"] = False
+
+        from mjo.hurwitz import ComplexMatrixAlgebra
+        A = ComplexMatrixAlgebra(2*n, scalars=field)
+        J = ComplexSkewSymmetricEJA._J_matrix(A)
+
+        def jordan_product(X,Y):
+            return (X*J*Y + Y*J*X)/2
+
+        def inner_product(X,Y):
+            return (X.conjugate_transpose()*Y).trace().real()
+
+        super().__init__(self._denormalized_basis(A),
+                         jordan_product,
+                         inner_product,
+                         field=field,
+                         matrix_space=A,
+                         **kwargs)
+
+        # This algebra is conjectured (by me) to be isomorphic to
+        # the quaternion Hermitian EJA of size n, and the rank
+        # would follow from that.
+        #self.rank.set_cache(n)
+        self.one.set_cache( self(-J) )