Alternative $M_2$-algebras and ${\mit Γ}$-algebras

Abstract

Recently V.H.López Solís and I.Shestakov solved an old problem by N.Jacobson on describing of unital alternative algebras containing the $2\times 2$ matrix algebra $M_2$ as a unital subalgebra. Here we give another description of $M_2$-algebras via the 6-dimensional alternative superalgebra $B(4,2)$ and an auxiliar $\mathbf {\mit Z}_2$-graded algebra $\mitΓ$. It occurs that the category of alternative $M_2$-algebras is isomorphic to the category of $\mitΓ$-algebras. For any associative and commutative algebra $A$, we give a construction of a ${\mit Γ}$-algebra $\mitΓ(A)$, which turns to be a Jordan superalgebra; if $A$ is a domain then $\mitΓ(A)$ is a prime superalgebra. We describe also the free $\mitΓ$-algebras and construct their bases.