Alternative algebra

In abstract algebra, an alternative algebra is an algebra in which multiplication need not be associative, only alternative. That is, one must have

for all x and y in the algebra.

Every associative algebra is alternative, given that alternativity is simply a weak form of associativity. However, so too are some strictly non-associative algebras such as the octonions.

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