A generalization of the algebra of color (Q687663)

The algebra of color is a simple 7-dimensional noncommutative Jordan algebra, defined by \textit{G. Domokos} and \textit{S. Kövesi-Domokos} [J. Math. Phys. 19, 1477-1481 (1978; Zbl 0384.17001)]. The author first shows that this algebra satisfies the identity \[ 2[[[x,y],y],y]= 3yxy^ 2- 3y^ 2xy- [x,y^ 3], \tag{1} \] and then studies finite-dimensional noncommutative Jordan algebras \(A\) over a field \(F\) of characteristic \(\neq 2\) which satisfy (1). It is proved that if \(A\) is a simple central algebra, then it is either a commutative Jordan algebra, or a central simple quasialternative algebra with indicator \(\varphi=3/8\) (that is, there exists an extension \(K\) of \(F\) such that \(A_ K=B^{(\lambda)}\), where \(B\) is a central simple associative algebra or an 8-dimensional Cayley algebra over \(K\), and multiplication in \(B^{(\lambda)}\) is given by \(xy= \lambda x*y+ (1-\lambda)y*x\), \(\lambda\neq 1/2\), for \(x*y\) the product in \(B\) and the indicator \(\varphi= \lambda(1-\lambda)\) be in \(F\)), or \(A\) is a form of the algebra of color. In order to prove that the nil radical of \(A\) is nilpotent, the author adds one more identity which is satisfied by the algebra of color also; namely, he assumes that the operator \(D_{x,y}= R_{[x,y]}- 3L_{[x,y]}+ 2[R_ x,R_ y]+ 6[L_ x,R_ y]\) is a derivation for all \(x,y\in A\). A Pierce decomposition of \(A\) relative to an idempotent is obtained, with which the author proves the Wedderburn principal theorem for noncommutative Jordan algebras satisfying both of the considered identities, under the additional assumption that \(F\) is algebraically closed and of characteristic \(\neq 3,5\).