scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1431730

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Let \(A\) be an alternative algebra over an associative commutative unital ring of scalars \(\Phi\) with \(1/6\in \Phi\). The author considers the ideal \(H\) of \(A\) generated by all the values of the function \(h(y,z,t,x,x)\) introduced by the author in [Algebra Logic 18, 379-389 (1979; Zbl 0442.17008)]. Let \(Q=H\cap D\), where \(D\) is the associator ideal of \(A\). The main result of the article asserts that \(Q\) is nilpotent of index \(\leq 4\). The author observes that \(Q\) is nonzero if \(A\) is a free alternative algebra on \(n\geq 5\) generators; moreover, if \(n\geq 10\) then \(Q^2\neq 0\). It is also shown that if \(A\) is unmixed (that is, \(A\) does not include nonzero ideals that lie both in the associative center and in the associator ideal of \(A\)) then \(Q^2=0\); if, in addition, \(A\) is finitely generated then \(Q=0\).











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