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Who and when proved Artin's Theorem on alternative rings?
I am interested in the history of the proof of Artin's Theorem (on the diassociativity of alternative rings).
Question. When has Artin proved this theorem and where was it published for the first ...
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What is flexible about flexible algebras?
A possibly non-associative algebra is flexible if it satisfies the identity $$(xy)x=x(yx).$$ This is clearly a very weak form of associativity —and obviously an associative algebra is flexible— but it ...