Pi-algebras satisfying identities of degree

A method of classification of Pl-algebras over fields of characteristic 0 is described and applied to algebras satisfying polynomial identities of degree 3. Two algebras satisfying the same identities of degree 3 are considered in the same class. For the degree 3 all the possible classes are obtained. In each case the identities of degree 4 that can be deduced from those of degree 3 have been obtained by means of a computer. These computations have made it possible to obtain—except for three cases—all the identities of higher degrees. It turns out that except for a finite number of cases an algebra satisfying an identity of degree 3 is either nilpotent of order 4, or commutative of order 4, namely the product of 4 elements of the algebra is a symmetric function of its factors.