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Two examples in varieties of monoids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

John R. Isbell
John R. Isbell
Affiliation:
State University of New York at Buffalo
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This note exhibits an infinite independent set of laws for monoids (viz. (xpyp)2 = (ypxp)2, p prime) and a variety of groups defined by one law (which is x2y2 = y2x2) such that the smallest containing variety of monoids is not finitely definable.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 68 , Issue 2 , September 1970 , pp. 265 - 266
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1970

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