Varieties of associative algebras with an identity of third degree
We give a complete description of the varieties of associative algebras over a field of characteristic zero which satisfy a polynomial identity of third degree.
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We give a complete description of the varieties of associative algebras over a field of characteristic zero which satisfy a polynomial identity of third degree.
Over an arbitrary field of positive characteristic we construct an example of a locally finite variety of Lie algebras which does not have a finite basis of its polynomial identities. As a consequence we construct varieties of Lie algebras with prescribed properties.
We describe the weak polynomial identities of the Jordan algebra of symmetric $2\times 2$ matrices over a field of characteristic zero. The corresponding weak verbal ideal is generated by the standard identity of degree four and the metabelian identity.
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