Some characterizations of the commutator (Q1185233)

First the authors explore some consequences of a characterization of the commutator in a modular variety given by E. Kiss and A. Day. In this connection they prove that the shifting lemma translates into the well- known term condition, and the cube lemma yields a similar condition involving two terms. They give some applications and propose a definition of the commutator in non-modular varieties. Finally, varieties satisfying \([\alpha,\beta]=0\) and those satisfying \([\alpha,\alpha]=\alpha\) are characterized.