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Generalized Bol Loop


A generalized Bol loop is an algebraic loop L for which some fixed surjective map alpha:L->L satisfies

 ((xy)z)alpha(y)=x((yz)alpha(y))

for all elements x, y, and z of L. As the name suggests, these are generalizations of right Bol loops; in particular, a right Bol loop is a generalized Bol loop with respect to the identity map 1:L->L.

One can show that there is an algebraic duality between generalized Bol loops and algebraic loops which satisfy the half-Bol identity (Adeniran and Solarin 1999).


See also

Algebraic Loop, Bol Loop, Half-Bol Identity, Moufang Loop

Portions of this entry contributed by Christopher Stover

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References

Adeniran, J. O. and Solarin, A. R. T. "A Note on Generalized Bol Identity." An. Stiinţ. Univ. Al. I. Cuza Iasi. Mat. 45, 99-102, 1999.Moorhouse, G. E. "Bol Loops of Small Order." 2007. https://www.ericmoorhouse.org/pub/bol/.

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Weisstein, Eric W., with contributions by Christopher Stover. "Generalized Bol Loop." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/GeneralizedBolLoop.html

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