Malcev classification for the variety of left-symmetric algebras

Abstract

In this paper, we study three classes of subvarieties inside the variety of left-symmetric algebras. We show that these subvarieties are naturally related to some well-known varieties, such as alternative, assosymmetric and Zinbiel algebras. For certain subvarieties of the varieties of alternative and assosymmetric algebras, we explicitly construct bases of the corresponding free algebras. We then define the commutator and anti-commutator operations on these algebras and derive a number of identities satisfied by these operations in all degrees up to $4$.