Group graded algebras and varieties with quadratic codimension growth

Let $A$ be an associative algebra graded by a finite group $G$ over a field $F$ of characteristic zero. One associates to $A$ the sequence of $G$-graded codimensions $c_n^G(A)$, $n=1,2,\dots$, which measures the growth of the polynomial identities satisfied by $A$. It is known that this sequence is either polynomially bounded or grows exponentially. In this paper, we study unitary $G$-graded varieties of polynomial codimension growth. In particular, we classify the varieties generated by unitary algebras with quadratic codimension growth and show that these varieties can be described as a direct sums of algebras that generate minimal $G$-graded varieties.