Free bicommutative superalgebras

We introduce the variety B_sup of bicommutative superalgebras over an arbitrary field of characteristic different from 2. The variety consists of all nonassociative Z₂-graded algebras satisfying the polynomial super-identities of super- left- and right-commutativity x(yz)=(−1)^x‾y‾y(xz) and (xy)z=(−1)^y‾z‾(xz)y, where u‾∈{0,1} is the parity of the homogeneous element u. We present an explicit construction of the free bicommutative superalgebras, find their bases as vector spaces and show that they share many properties typical for ordinary bicommutative algebras and super-commutative associative superalgebras. In particular, in the case of free algebras of finite rank we compute the Hilbert series and find explicitly its coefficients. As a consequence we give a formula for the codimension sequence. We establish an analogue of the classical Hilbert Basissatz for two-sided ideals. We see that the Gröbner-Shirshov bases of these ideals are finite, the Gelfand-Kirillov dimensions of finitely generated bicommutative superalgebras are nonnegative integers and the Hilbert series of finitely generated graded bicommutative superalgebras are rational functions. Concerning problems studied in the theory of varieties of algebraic systems, we prove that the variety of bicommutative superalgebras satisfies the Specht property. In the case of characteristic 0 we compute the sequence of cocharacters.