Goldie theory for Jordan algebras

It is shown that Zelmanov's version of Goldie's conditions still characterize quadratic algebras having an artinian algebra of quotients which is nondegenerate. At the same time, Jordan versions of the main notions of the associative theory are studied. In particular, it is proved that the nondegenerate Jordan algebras of finite capacity are precisely the algebras of quotients of nondegenerate Jordan algebras having the property that an inner ideal is essential if and only if it contains a regular element.

(This paper has appeared in J. Algebra 248 (2002), no. 2, 397--471)


Antonio Fernandez Lopez <emalfer@ccuma.sci.uma.es>

Eulalia Garcia Rus <garcia@agt.cie.uma.es>

Fernando Montaner <fmontane@posta.unizar.es>