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Commutants of Bol loops of odd order

Author(s): Michael K. Kinyon; J. D. Phillips
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 132 (2004), 617-619.
MSC (2000): Primary 20N05
Posted: October 3, 2003
MathSciNet review: 2019935
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Abstract: In this note we show that the commutant of a Bol loop of odd order is a subloop.


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Additional Information:

Michael K. Kinyon
Affiliation: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, Indiana 46634
Email: mkinyon@iusb.edu

J. D. Phillips
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana 47933
Email: phillipj@wabash.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-03-07211-3
PII: S 0002-9939(03)07211-3
Keywords: Bol loop, commutant
Received by editor(s): July 8, 2002
Posted: October 3, 2003
Communicated by: Lance W. Small
Copyright of article: Copyright 2003, American Mathematical Society




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