Homogametization of weighted algebras (Q2259146)

The authors generalize the process introduced in [the authors and {R. Benavide}, J. Algebra 261, 1--18 (2003; Zbl 1134.17312)]. To do so they use not necessarily convex linear combinations of a baric algebra \((A,\omega)\) with the gametic algebra defined by \(\omega\). They denote these combinations \textit{homogametizations}. The authors also establish a condition for a homogametization to be ponderable and they subsequently introduce the homogametization operators group, defining two actions of this group on the class of baric algebras and non-commutative and non-associative algebra \(K\langle X\rangle\) of polynomials in \(n\) variables. When an algebra is defined by a polynomial identity, the authors show that this property is preserved after the group action on the algebra and the identity. Finally, they give explicit constructions of elements in \(K\langle X\rangle\) which are either invariants or universal invariants of the considered group action.