Kelarev, A. V. Varieties and sums of rings. (English) Zbl 0968.16006 Beitr. Algebra Geom. 41, No. 2, 325-328 (2000). The author studies varieties \(V\) of commutative algebras over a field, in which the sum of any two subalgebras of any algebra \(A\in V\) is a subalgebra of \(A\). Theorem: Let \(F\) be a field of characteristic \(p\) and let \(V\) be a nontrivial variety of commutative algebras over \(F\). Then \(V\) is closed under sums of subalgebras iff \(p>0\) and \(V\) is the product of \(N_{p^k}\) for some \(k\) and a variety \(S\) that is generated by a finite set of finite fields. \(N_t\) is the variety of all commutative algebras satisfying the identity \(x^t=0\). Reviewer: A.A.Iskander (Lafayette) MSC: 16R10 \(T\)-ideals, identities, varieties of associative rings and algebras 16P10 Finite rings and finite-dimensional associative algebras 16D60 Simple and semisimple modules, primitive rings and ideals in associative algebras Keywords:varieties of commutative algebras; sums of subalgebras; semisimple algebras PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{A. V. Kelarev}, Beitr. Algebra Geom. 41, No. 2, 325--328 (2000; Zbl 0968.16006) Full Text: EuDML EMIS