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Finite bands are finitely related

Group Theory 2017-12-14 v8 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We prove that every finite idempotent semigroup (band) is finitely related, which means that the clone of its term operations (i.e. operations induced by words) is determined by finitely many relations. This solves an open problem posed by Peter Mayr in 2013.

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@article{arxiv.1509.04509,
  title  = {Finite bands are finitely related},
  author = {Igor Dolinka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.04509},
  year   = {2017}
}

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14 pages, 1 figure

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