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Notes on the Polish Algorithm

Group Theory 2017-11-28 v1

Abstract

We study, with the help of a computer program, the Polish Algorithm for finite terms satisfying various algebraic laws, e.g., left distributivity a(bc) = (ab)(ac). While the termination of the algorithm for left distributivity remains open in general, we can establish some partial results, which might be useful towards a positive solution. In contrast, we show the divergence of the algorithm for the laws a(bc) = (ab)(cc) and a(bc) = (ab)(a(ac)).

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@article{arxiv.1711.09580,
  title  = {Notes on the Polish Algorithm},
  author = {Oliver Deiser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.09580},
  year   = {2017}
}
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