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An Associative Left Brace is a Ring

Rings and Algebras 2019-12-24 v3

Abstract

It is proved that if a left brace AA has the operation \ast associative, then AA is a two-sided brace. Consequently, AA is a Jacobson radical ring. This answers a question of Ced\'o, Gateva-Ivanova and Smoktunowicz.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1811.04894,
  title  = {An Associative Left Brace is a Ring},
  author = {Ivan Lau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.04894},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Version 3: Introduction rewritten, reference added, referee comments incorporated. To appear in Journal of Algebra and Its Applications

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