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Implication semilattice of 990 quasigroup equational laws

环与代数 2026-04-01 v1

摘要

In his quest to disprove a claim by Peirce that all lattices are distributive, Ernst Schr\"oder considered 135 years ago a list of 990 equational laws on quasigroups, analogous to associativity, such as (x//y)z=(y//x)\\z(x // y) * z = (y // x) \backslash\backslash z. A quasigroup is a non-associative analogue of groups, specifically a set equipped with multiplication and right/left conjugate-division operations that are compatible. Each equation of interest identifies two three-variable expressions built from these operations. I determine all 114114 equivalence classes of their conjunctions, and all implications between them. This includes as a small corner the five-element non-distributive lattice identified by Schr\"oder.

引用

@article{arxiv.2603.29909,
  title  = {Implication semilattice of 990 quasigroup equational laws},
  author = {Bruno Le Floch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.29909},
  year   = {2026}
}

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9 pages, 11 ancillary files