Special and exceptional Jordan dialgebras

Abstract: In this paper, we study the class of Jordan dialgebras. We develop an approach for reducing problems on dialgebras to the case of ordinary algebras. It is shown that straightforward generalizations of the classical Cohn's, Shirshov's, and Macdonald's Theorems do not hold for dialgebras. However, we prove dialgebraic analogues of these statements. Also, we study polylinear special identities which hold in all special Jordan algebras and do not hold in all Jordan algebras. We find a natural correspondence between special identities for ordinary algebras and dialgebras.