IP-loops


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Definition

A loop with a unary operation (I), which satisfies the following identities
	I(x)(xy) = y   and  (yx)I(x) = y
	

Examples

Structure

Representation

Decision problems

Identity problem:
Word problem:

Spectra and growth

Finite spectrum:
Free spectrum:
Growth series:

History/Importance

References

V. D. Belousov, Fundamentals of the theory of quasigroups and loops (in Russian)
N. M. Suvorov, Commutative IP-loop having only discrete topologization, Siberian Mathematical Journal, Vol. 32, N. 5 (in Russian)

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