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Steiner Loops Satisfying the Statement of Moufang's Theorem

Group Theory 2015-09-23 v1

Abstract

Andrew Rajah posed at the Loops'11 Conference in Trest, Czech Republic, the following conjecture: Is every variety of loops that satisfies Moufang's theorem contained in the variety of Moufang loops? This paper is motivated by that problem. We give a partial answer to this question and present two types of Steiner loops, one that satisfies Moufang's theorem and another that does not, and neither is Moufang loop.

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@article{arxiv.1509.06364,
  title  = {Steiner Loops Satisfying the Statement of Moufang's Theorem},
  author = {Maria de Lourdes Merlini Giuliani and Giliard Souza dos Anjos and Charles J. Colbourn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.06364},
  year   = {2015}
}