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Definition

A medial groupoid is a structure G = (G,·), where · is an infix binary operation such that
· mediates:   (x·y)·(z·w) = (x·z)·(y·w).

Morphisms

Let G and H be medial groupoids. A morphism from G to H is a function h : GH that is a homomorphism: h(xy) = h(x)h(y).

References

[Jaroslav Jezek, Tomás Kepka, Equational theories of medial groupoids, Algebra Universalis 17 (1983) 174--190 MRreview]

[Jaroslav Jezek, Tomás Kepka, Medial groupoids, Rozpravy Ceskoslovenske Akad. Ved Rada Mat. Prirod. Ved 93 (1983) 93 MRreview]

Some results

Examples

(S,*), where (S, + ,·) is any commutative semiring, a,b ∈ S, and x*y = a·x + b·y.

Properties

Classtype variety
Equational theory
Quasiequational theory
First-order theory
Locally finite no
Residual size unbounded
Congruence distributive no
Congruence modular no
Congruence n-permutable no
Congruence regular no
Congruence uniform no
Congruence extension property
Definable principal congruences
Equationally definable principal congruences no
Amalgamation property
Strong amalgamation property
Epimorphisms are surjective

Finite members

[Size 1]?:  1
[Size 2]?:  
[Size 3]?:  
[Size 4]?:  
[Size 5]?:  
[Size 6]?:  
[Size 7]?:  

Subclasses

[Medial semigroups]?
[Commutative medial groupoids]?

Superclasses

Groupoids


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