Abstract
Generalizing Lie algebras, we consider anti-commutative algebras with skew-symmetric identities of degree > 3. Given a skew-symmetric polynomial f, we call an anti-commutative algebra f-Lie if it satisfies the identity f = 0. If sn is a standard skew-symmetric polynomial of degree n, then any s4-Lie algebra is f-Lie if deg f ≥ 4. We describe a free anti-commutative super-algebra with one odd generator. We exhibit various constructions of generalized Lie algebras, for example: given any derivations D, F of an associative commutative algebra U, the algebras (U, D ∧ F) and (U, id ∧ D2) are s4-Lie. An algebra (U, id ∧ D3 - 2D ∧ D2) is s'5-Lie, where s'5 is a non-standard skew-symmetric polynomial of degree 5.