Abstract
We give an introduction to superalgebra, founded on the difference between even (commuting) and odd (anti-commuting) variables. We give a sketch of Graßmann’s work, and show how derivations of those structures induce various superalgebra structures, Lie superalgebras of Cartan type being obtained with even derivations, while odd derivations induce Jordan-type superalgebras.
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