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The structure of commutative automorphic loops

Author(s): Přemysl Jedlička; Michael Kinyon; Petr Vojtěchovský
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 363 (2011), 365-384.
MSC (2010): Primary 20N05
Posted: August 16, 2010
MathSciNet review: 2719686
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Abstract: An automorphic loop (or A-loop) is a loop whose inner mappings are automorphisms. Every element of a commutative A-loop generates a group, and $ (xy)^{-1} = x^{-1}y^{-1}$ holds. Let $ Q$ be a finite commutative A-loop and $ p$ a prime. The loop $ Q$ has order a power of $ p$ if and only if every element of $ Q$ has order a power of $ p$. The loop $ Q$ decomposes as a direct product of a loop of odd order and a loop of order a power of $ 2$. If $ Q$ is of odd order, it is solvable. If $ A$ is a subloop of $ Q$, then $ \vert A\vert$ divides $ \vert Q\vert$. If $ p$ divides $ \vert Q\vert$, then $ Q$ contains an element of order $ p$. If there is a finite simple nonassociative commutative A-loop, it is of exponent $ 2$.


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Additional Information:

Přemysl Jedlička
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Prague 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic
Email: jedlickap@tf.czu.cz

Michael Kinyon
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Denver, 2360 S Gaylord St., Denver, Colorado 80208
Email: mkinyon@math.du.edu

Petr Vojtěchovský
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Denver, 2360 S Gaylord St., Denver, Colorado 80208
Email: petr@math.du.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-2010-05088-3
PII: S 0002-9947(2010)05088-3
Received by editor(s): October 6, 2008
Received by editor(s) in revised form: March 31, 2009
Posted: August 16, 2010
Additional Notes: The first author was supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, grant no. 201/07/P015.
Copyright of article: Copyright 2010, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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