Associative \(n\)-tuple algebras. (Q2342337)

An associative \(n\)-tuple algebra \(A\) over a field \(k\) is a multilinear algebra in the sense of A. G. Kurosh with a finite set of bilinear multiplications \(\bullet_1,\ldots,\bullet_n\) such that \((a\bullet_rb)\bullet_sc=a\bullet_r(b\bullet_sc)\) for all \(a,b,c\in A\). The main example is an associative algebra \(A\) with a fixed set of elements \(s_1,\ldots,s_n\) such that \(a\triangleright_ib=as_ib\). In the standard way the notion of a left module over an \(n\)-tuple algebra is introduced. The Jacobson radical of \(A\) is defined as the intersection of annihilators of irreducible \(A\)-modules. Standard characterisations of the radical of an associative algebra are transfered to the case of \(n\)-tuple algebras. For example any semisimple Artinian \(n\)-tuple algebra is a direct sum of simple algebras. It is shown that in some cases simple Artinian \(n\)-tuple algebras are reduced to the main sample algebra mentioned above.