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Book Information:
Authors:
K. A. Zhevlakov,
A. M. Slin′ko,
I. P. Shestakov and
A. I. Shirshov
Title:
Rings that are nearly associative
Additional book information:
translated by Harry F. Smith, Academic Press, New York, 1982, xi + 371 pp., $6.00. ISBN 0-1277-9850-1.
A. A. Albert, On Jordan algebras of linear transformations, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 59 (1946), 524–555. MR 16759, DOI 10.1090/S0002-9947-1946-0016759-3
A. A. Albert, A structure theory for Jordan algebras, Ann. of Math. (2) 48 (1947), 546–567. MR 21546, DOI 10.2307/1969128
Studies in modern algebra, Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 2, Mathematical Association of America; distributed by Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1963. MR 0146228
Georgia M. Benkart, The construction of examples of Lie-admissible algebras, Hadronic J. 5 (1981/82), no. 2, 461–493. MR 659292
Georgia M. Benkart and J. Marshall Osborn, Flexible Lie-admissible algebras, J. Algebra 71 (1981), no. 1, 11–31. MR 627422, DOI 10.1016/0021-8693(81)90103-4
Hel Braun and Max Koecher, Jordan-Algebren, Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften in Einzeldarstellungen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Anwendungsgebiete, Band 128, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York, 1966 (German). MR 0204470
Bailey Brown and Neal H. McCoy, Prime ideals in nonassociative rings, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 89 (1958), 245–255. MR 96713, DOI 10.1090/S0002-9947-1958-0096713-4
James E. Humphreys, Introduction to Lie algebras and representation theory, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, Vol. 9, Springer-Verlag, New York-Berlin, 1972. MR 0323842
Nathan Jacobson, Lie algebras, Interscience Tracts in Pure and Applied Mathematics, No. 10, Interscience Publishers (a division of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.), New York-London, 1962. MR 0143793
Nathan Jacobson, Structure and representations of Jordan algebras, American Mathematical Society Colloquium Publications, Vol. XXXIX, American Mathematical Society, Providence, R.I., 1968. MR 0251099
N. Jacobson, Lectures on quadratic Jordan algebras, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Lectures on Mathematics, No. 45, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, 1969. MR 0325715
N. Jacobson, Jordan algebras, Report of a conference on linear algebras, June, 1956, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1957, pp. pp 12–19. Publ. 502. MR 0093531
P. Jordan, J. von Neumann, and E. Wigner, On an algebraic generalization of the quantum mechanical formalism, Ann. of Math. (2) 35 (1934), no. 1, 29–64. MR 1503141, DOI 10.2307/1968117
J. Marshall Osborn, Varieties of algebras, Advances in Math. 8 (1972), 163–369 (1972). MR 289587, DOI 10.1016/0001-8708(72)90003-5
Richard D. Schafer, An introduction to nonassociative algebras, Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 22, Academic Press, New York-London, 1966. MR 0210757
Marvin L. Tomber, A short history of nonassociative algebras, Hadronic J. 2 (1979), no. 6, 1252–1387. MR 566537
- 1.
- A. A. Albert, On Jordan algebras of linear transformations, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 59 (1946), 524-555. MR 0016759
- 2.
- A. A. Albert, A structure theory for Jordan algebras, Ann. of Math. (2) 48 (1947), 546-567. MR 21546
- 3.
- A. A. Albert, Studies in modern algebra, Studies in Math., Vol. 2, Math. Assoc. Amer.; distributed by Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N. J., 1963. MR 146228
- 4.
- G. M. Benkart, The construction of examples of Lie-admissible algebras, Hadronic J. 5 (1982), 431-493. MR 659292
- 5.
- G. M. Benkart and J. M. Osborn, Flexible Lie-admissible algebras, J. Algebra 71 (1981), 11-31. MR 627422
- 6.
- H. Braun and M. Koecher, Jordan-Algebren, Springer-Verlag, Berlin and New York, 1966. MR 204470
- 7.
- B. Brown and N. H. McCoy, Prime ideals in nonassociative rings, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 89 (1958), 245-255. MR 96713
- 8.
- J. E. Humphreys, Introduction to Lie algebras and representation theory, Springer-Verlag, Berlin and New York, 1972. MR 323842
- 9.
- N. Jacobson, Lie algebras, Interscience, New York and London, 1962. MR 143793
- 10.
- N. Jacobson, Structure and representations of Jordan algebras, Amer. Math. Soc. Colloq. Publ., vol. 39, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, R. I., 1968. MR 251099
- 11.
- N. Jacobson, Lectures on quadratic Jordan algebras, Tata Inst. of Fundamental Research, Bombay, 1969. MR 325715
- 12.
- N. Jacobson, Structure theory of Jordan algebras, Univ. of Arkansas Lecture Notes in Math., Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1981. MR 93531
- 13.
- P. Jordan, J. von Neumann, and E. Wigner, On an algebraic generalization of the quantum mechanical formalism, Ann. of Math. (2) 36 (1934), 29-64. MR 1503141
- 14.
- J. M. Osborn, Varieties of algebras, Advances in Math. 8 (1972), 163-369. MR 289587
- 15.
- R. D. Schafer, An introduction to nonassociative algebras, Academic Press, New York, 1966. MR 210757
- 16.
- M. L. Tomber, A short history of nonassociative algebras, Hadronic J. 2 (1979), 1252-1387. MR 566537
Review Information:
Reviewer:
J. Marshall Osborn
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
9 (1983), 121-127
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1983-15180-7