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Commutant associative algebra

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In abstract algebra, a commutant-associative algebra is a nonassociative algebra over a field whose multiplication satisfies the following axiom:

( [ A 1 , A 2 ] , [ A 3 , A 4 ] , [ A 5 , A 6 ] ) = 0 ,

where [AB] = AB − BA is the commutator of A and B and (ABC) = (AB)C – A(BC) is the associator of A, B and C.

In other words, an algebra M is commutant-associative if the commutant, i.e. the subalgebra of M generated by all commutators [AB], is an associative algebra.

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Commutant-associative algebra Wikipedia