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Quasigroup associativity and biased expansion graphs

Author(s): Thomas Zaslavsky
Journal: Electron. Res. Announc. Amer. Math. Soc. 12 (2006), 13-18.
MSC (2000): Primary 05C22, 20N05; Secondary 05B15, 05B35
Posted: February 10, 2006
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Abstract: We present new criteria for a multary (or polyadic) quasigroup to be isotopic to an iterated group operation. The criteria are consequences of a structural analysis of biased expansion graphs. We mention applications to transversal designs and generalized Dowling geometries.


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Additional Information:

Thomas Zaslavsky
Affiliation: Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York 13902-6000
Email: zaslav@math.binghamton.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S1079-6762-06-00155-7
PII: S 1079-6762(06)00155-7
Keywords: Multary quasigroup, polyadic quasigroup, factorization graph, generalized associativity, biased expansion graph, transversal design, Dowling geometry
Received by editor(s): September 15, 2004
Posted: February 10, 2006
Additional Notes: Research partially assisted by grant DMS-0070729 from the National Science Foundation.
Communicated by: Efim Zelmanov
Copyright of article: Copyright 2006, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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