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What's the preferred term researchers like to use in the theory of magmas/groupoids?
As we know, mathematicians like to avoid the term "groupoid" to refer to a set with binary operation. This term, as we know, originates from the works of Brandt, so called Brandt groupoid. A ...
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Are there useful visual representations of magmas?
In group theory we have Cayley graphs. Are there analogous or anyway useful visual representations of magma structures?
I am unsure about how to construct a graph representing, for instance, a free ...
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Just How Strong is Associativity?
A friend of mine is using a lot of algebra that is not associative for an advanced Chemistry project. We were discussing it recently and I found it rather amusing how often she said things like "...
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Set of sequences -roots of unity
Consider $G_n$ as the multiplicative cyclic group given by the $n^{th}$ roots of unity.
$$G_n = \left\{ e^{ 2ik\pi/n} \mid 1\leq k \leq n \right\}$$
Now construct a sequence from each $G_n$ by $(e^{...
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