Trivial Minimal Ideals of Jordan Systems

We show that in Jordan systems (algebras, triple systems, and pairs) monomials containing two elements of a trivial minimal ideal vanish, so improving the answer given by Anquela and Cortes [Inventiones Mathematicae 168 (2007) 83-90] to the problem posed in 1968 by Zhevlakov [Dniester Notebook: Unsolved Problems in the Theory of Rings and Modules], extended by Nam and McCrimmon [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 88 (4) (1983), 579-583].

J. A. Anquela < anque@orion.ciencias.uniovi.es >

T. Cortes < cortes@orion.ciencias.uniovi.es >

K. McCrimmon < kmm4m@virginia.edu >