Actor of an alternative algebra

Abstract

We define a category $\galt$ of g-alternative algebras over a field $F$ and present the category of alternative algebras $\alt$ as a full subcategory of $\galt$; in the case $\ch F\neq 2$, we have $\alt=\galt$. For any g-alternative algebra $A$ we give a construction of a universal strict general actor $\cB(A)$ of $A$. We define the subset $\asoci(A)$ of $A$, and show that it is a $\cB(A)$-substructure of $A$. We prove that if $\asoci(A)=0$, then there exists an actor of $A$ in $\galt$ and $\act(A)=\cB(A)$. In particular, we obtain that if $A$ is anticommutative and $\ann(A)=0$, then there exists an actor of $A$ in $\galt$; from this, under the same conditions, we deduce the existence of an actor in $\alt$.