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The clone generated by the median functions

Rings and Algebras 2007-05-23 v1 Logic

Abstract

Let X be a linearly ordered set of arbitrary size (finite or infinite). Natural functions on such a set one can define using the linear order include maximum, minimum and median functions. While it is clear what the clone generated by the maximum or the minimum looks like, this is not obvious for median functions. We show that every clone on X contains either no median function or all median functions, that is, the median functions generate each other.

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@article{arxiv.math/0401101,
  title  = {The clone generated by the median functions},
  author = {Michael Pinsker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0401101},
  year   = {2007}
}

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