On the variety of two dimensional real associative algebras

Abstract

This paper consists of a description of the variety of two dimensional associative algebras within the framework of Nonstandard Analysis. By decomposing each algebra in A^2 as sum of a Jordan algebra and a Lie algebra, we calculate the isomorphism classes of two dimensional real associative algebras over the field of real numbers and determine the components and the contractions of the variety.

13 pages, 1 figure