On the lie structure of the skew elements of a prime superalgebra with superinvolution

Abstract

We investigate the Lie structure of the Lie superalgebra K of skew elements of a prime associative superalgebra A with superinvolution. It is proved that if A is not a central order in a Clifford superalgebra of dimension at most 16 over the center then any Lie ideal of K or [K,K] contains[J ∩K,K] for some nonzero ideal J of A or is contained in the even part of the center of A.

1991 Mathematics Subject Classification:

• 17A70
• 17B70