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Associative spectra of binary operations

Rings and Algebras 2011-02-11 v1

Abstract

The distance of a binary operation from being associative can be "measured" by its associative spectrum, an appropriate sequence of positive integers. Particular instances and general properties of associative spectra are studied.

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@article{arxiv.1102.2124,
  title  = {Associative spectra of binary operations},
  author = {Béla Csákány and Tamás Waldhauser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.2124},
  year   = {2011}
}

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17 pages, 1 figure

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