nLab graded commutator

Context

Super-Algebra and Super-Geometry

In superalgebra the the graded commutator or supercommutator of two elements of homogeneous degree is

[a,b](ab(1) deg(a)deg(b)ba) [a,b] \coloneqq \left( a b - (-1)^{deg(a) deg(b)} b a\right)

and extended from there to the whole superalgebra as a graded derivation in both arguments.

So when at least one of aa or bb is even graded, then this is the commutator. When both are odd graded then this is the anti-commutator.

The graded commutator is just the plain commutator internal to the symmetric monoidal category of super vector spaces.

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