A supernilpotent non-special radical class

Abstract

Let F be the upper radical determined by all fields. The supernilpotent radical classes which are not special have thus far always contained F properly. The purpose of this note is to construct a countably infinite number of supernilpotent radical classes which are not special and each of which is properly contained in F . The construction involves a ring due to Leavitt which is interesting in its own right and is not generally known. All rings considered are associative.