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Idempotent solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation and twisted group division

Quantum Algebra 2020-02-10 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

Idempotent left nondegenerate solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation are in one-to-one correspondence with twisted Ward left quasigroups, which are left quasigroups satisfying the identity (xy)(xz)=(yy)(yz)(x*y)*(x*z)=(y*y)*(y*z). Using combinatorial properties of the Cayley kernel and the squaring mapping, we prove that a twisted Ward left quasigroup of prime order is either permutational or a quasigroup. Up to isomorphism, all twisted Ward quasigroups (X,)(X,*) are obtained by twisting the left division operation in groups (that is, they are of the form xy=ψ(x1y)x*y=\psi(x^{-1}y) for a group (X,)(X,\cdot) and its automorphism ψ\psi), and they correspond to idempotent latin solutions. We solve the isomorphism problem for idempotent latin solutions.

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@article{arxiv.2002.02854,
  title  = {Idempotent solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation and twisted group division},
  author = {David Stanovský and Petr Vojtěchovský},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.02854},
  year   = {2020}
}