The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics Advance Access published online on April 9, 2008
The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics, doi:10.1093/qmath/han004
THE IDENTITIES OF A LIE ALGEBRA VIEWED AS A LIE RING

Department of Mathematics, University of Brasilia, 70910-900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil
E-mail: alexei{at}unb.br
Received 16 November 2007;
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Let G be a Lie algebra over the field
of rationals. Then G can be viewed as a Lie ring as well. If the identities of the Lie ring G have a finite basis then so have the identities of the Lie algebra G. We give an example which shows that the converse is not always true.