Commutants of Bol loops of odd order

Commutants of Bol loops of odd order
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by Michael K. Kinyon and J. D. Phillips PDF

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 132 (2004), 617-619 Request permission

In this note we show that the commutant of a Bol loop of odd order is a subloop.

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