English

Antiassociative Groupoids

Rings and Algebras 2014-10-29 v1

Abstract

Given a groupoid <G,>< G, \star >, and k3k \geq 3, we say that GG is antiassociative iff for all x1,x2,x3Gx_1, x_2, x_3 \in G, (x1x2)x3(x_1 \star x_2) \star x_3 and x1(x2x3)x_1 \star (x_2 \star x_3) are never equal. Generalizing this, <G,>< G, \star > is kk-antiassociative iff for all x1,x2,...xkGx_1, x_2, ... x_k \in G, any two distinct expressions made by putting parentheses in x1x2x3...xkx_1 \star x_2 \star x_3 \star ...x_k are never equal. We prove that for every k3k \geq 3, there exist finite groupoids that are kk-antiassociative. We then generalize this, investigating when other pairs of groupoid terms can be made never equal.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1410.7501,
  title  = {Antiassociative Groupoids},
  author = {Milton Braitt and David Hobby and Donald Silberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.7501},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

20 pages, 2 figures. Submitted to Journal of Algebra

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