On a class of commutative power-associative nilalgebras
Let \(A\) be a commutative power-associative nil algebra of nil index \(n\) and dimension \(n>2\), over a field of characteristic \(\neq 2,3\). The authors extend a work of \textit{M. Gerstenhaber} and \textit{H. C. Myung} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 48, 29-32 (1975; Zbl 0314.17001)] by proving that \(A\) is nilpotent of index \(n\). They also prove that when \(n\geq 4\) \(A\) is a Jordan algebra if and only if there is \(y\in A-A^2\) such that \(yA^2=0\), and then classify the possible Jordan algebras.
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