We study associative ternary algebras and describe a general approach which allows us to construct various classes of ternary algebras. Applying this approach to a central bimodule with a covariant derivative we construct a ternary algebra whose ternary multiplication is closely related to the curvature of the covariant derivative. We also apply our approach to a bimodule over two associative (binary) algebras in order to construct a ternary algebra which we use to produce a large class of Lie algebras....

In this paper, we study the structure of group rings by means of endomorphism rings of their modules. The main tools used here, are the subrings fixed by automorphisms and the converse of Schur's lemma. Some results are obtained on fixed subrings and on primary decomposition of group rings.

Let $S$ and $R$ be two associative rings, let ${}_S{C}_R$ be a semidualizing $(S,R)$-bimodule. We introduce and investigate properties of the totally reflexive module with respect to ${}_S{C}_R$ and we give a characterization of the class of the totally $C_R$-reflexive modules over any ring $R$. Moreover, we show that the totally $C_R$-reflexive module with finite projective dimension is exactly the finitely generated projective right $R$-module. We then study the relations between the class of totally reflexive modules and the Bass class...