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there is no finite set of identities that characterizes power-associativity, but there are infinite independent sets, as described by Gainov (1970):
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can be defined consistently whenever multiplication is power-associative. For example, there is no need to distinguish whether
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by itself several times, it doesn't matter in which order the operations are carried out, so for instance
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Gainov, A. T. (1970). "Power-associative algebras over a finite-characteristic field".
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power-associative algebras with unit, which basically asserts that multiplication of
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generated by any element is associative. Concretely, this means that if an element
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Introduction to octonion and other non-associative algebras in physics
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0, an algebra is power-associative if and only if it satisfies
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Any algebra whose elements are 25: 1576: 1565:Properties of binary operations 1448:; Tignol, Jean-Pierre (1998). 1219: 1133: 1102: 1054: 962: 931: 883: 797: 766: 718: 638: 607: 581: 556: 469: 460: 448: 439: 433: 415: 389: 364: 338: 320: 219: 207: 201: 189: 177: 174: 162: 153: 147: 144: 132: 123: 27:Property of a binary operation 13: 1: 1458:American Mathematical Society 1322: 1235:A substitution law holds for 1025:{\displaystyle n=3,4,6,5^{k}} 475:{\displaystyle :=(xy)z-x(yz)} 53: 7: 1310: 1190:{\displaystyle n=3,4,p^{k}} 854:{\displaystyle n=4,5,3^{k}} 268:is also power-associative. 10: 1581: 1492:Cambridge University Press 1255:in such an algebra define 489:Over an infinite field of 90:is performed an operation 1334:"Power-associative rings" 1225:{\displaystyle k=1,2...)} 1060:{\displaystyle k=1,2...)} 889:{\displaystyle k=1,2...)} 724:{\displaystyle k=2,3...)} 689:{\displaystyle n=3,2^{k}} 1525:Schafer, R. D. (1995) . 1560:Non-associative algebra 1450:The book of involutions 1243:works as expected. For 236:Examples and properties 46:that is a weak form of 1226: 1191: 1146: 1089: 1088:{\displaystyle p>5} 1061: 1026: 975: 918: 890: 855: 810: 753: 725: 690: 651: 594: 543: 513: 512:{\displaystyle p>0} 476: 402: 351: 282:should be defined as ( 226: 104: 84: 1247:a real polynomial in 1227: 1192: 1147: 1090: 1062: 1027: 976: 919: 891: 856: 811: 754: 726: 691: 652: 595: 544: 514: 477: 403: 352: 227: 105: 85: 62:(or more generally a 1442:Merkurjev, Alexander 1201: 1156: 1099: 1073: 1036: 985: 928: 902: 865: 820: 763: 737: 700: 661: 604: 553: 527: 497: 412: 361: 317: 274:to the power of any 246:alternative algebras 114: 94: 74: 917:{\displaystyle p=5} 752:{\displaystyle p=3} 542:{\displaystyle p=2} 242:associative algebra 42:is a property of a 40:power associativity 1531:. Dover. pp.  1456:. 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Index

Power associative
mathematics
abstract algebra
binary operation
associativity
algebra
magma
subalgebra
associative algebra
alternative algebras
octonions
flexible algebras
sedenions
Okubo algebras
idempotent
Exponentiation
positive integer
identity element
field
characteristic
associator
prime
real
polynomials
Alternativity
Albert, A. Adrian
"Power-associative rings"
Transactions of the American Mathematical Society
doi
10.2307/1990399

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