The construction and deformation of BiHom-Novikov algebras

BiHom-Novikov algebra is a generalized Hom-Novikov algebra endowed with two commuting multiplicative linear maps. The main purpose of this paper is to show that two classes of BiHom-Novikov algebras can be constructed from BiHom-commutative algebras together with derivations and BiHom-Novikov algebras with Rota-Baxter operators, respectively. We show that quadratic BiHom-Novikov algebras are associative algebras and the sub-adjacent BiHom-Lie algebras of BiHom-Novikov algebras are 2-step nilpotent. Moreover, we develop the 1-parameter formal deformation theory of BiHom-Novikov algebras.