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Stein quasigroups I: Combinatorial aspects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

M.J. Pelling  and
D.G. Rogers
M.J. Pelling
Affiliation:
Balliol College, Oxford, England;
D.G. Rogers
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia.
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Abstract

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This paper, in conjunction with its algebraic sequel, aims to provide a foundation, long outstanding, to the theory of quasigroups obeying the law x(xy) = yx , otherwise known as Stein quasigroups.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , April 1978 , pp. 221 - 236
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1978

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