Some results in the theory of quasigroups
1944; American Mathematical Society; Volume: 55; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1090/s0002-9947-1944-0009963-x
ISSN1088-6850
Autores Tópico(s)History and Theory of Mathematics
ResumoIntroduction. The concept of isotopy, recently introduced(') by A. A. Albert in connection with the theory of linear non-associative algebras, appears to have its value in the theory of quasigroups. Conversely, the author has been able to use quasigroups(2) in the study of linear non-associative algebras. The present paper is primarily intended as an illustration of the usefulness of isotopy in quasigroup-theory and as groundwork for a later paper on algebras, but is bounded by neither of these aspects. The first two sections are devoted to the basic definitions of quasigroup and isotopy, along with some elementary remarks and two fundamental theorems due to Albert. Then there is initiated a study of special types of quasigroup, beginning with quasigroups with the inverse property (I. P. quasigroups). A system Q of elements a, b, * * * is called an I. P. quasigroup if it possesses a single-valued binary operation ab and there exist two one-to-one reversible mappings L and R of Q on itself such that
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