Engel's Theorem for Alternative Superalgebras

Isabel Hernández; Laiz Valim da Rocha; Rodrigo Lucas Rodrigues

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Engel's Theorem for Alternative Superalgebras

Isabel Hernández·Laiz Valim da Rocha·Rodrigo Lucas Rodrigues

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In this paper, a nilpotency criterion is given for finite dimensional alternative superalgebras in the spirit of Engel's Theorem for Jordan superalgebras over infinite fields provided by Shestakov and Okunev. For alternative superalgebras, no restrictions on the cardinality of the ground field are required. Furthermore, we establish some connections between the concepts of graded-nil and nilpotent alternative superalgebras, and we also exhibit an example of an Engelian commutative power-associative superalgebra of dimension $4$ which is not nilpotent.

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Isabel Hernández, Laiz Valim da Rocha, Rodrigo Lucas Rodrigues. 2026-04-27. Engel's Theorem for Alternative Superalgebras. https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.18073

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