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XV.—On Non-Associative Combinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

I. M. H. Etherington
I. M. H. Etherington
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Mathematical Institute, University of Edinburgh
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Numerous combinatory problems arise in connection with a set of elements subject to a non-associative process of composition—let us say of multiplication—commutative or non-commutative.

Non-associative products may be classified according to their shape. By the shape of a product I mean the manner of association of its factors without regard to their identity. Shapes will be called commutative or non-commutative according to the type of multiplication under consideration. Thus if multiplication is non-commutative, the products (AB.C)D and (BA.C)D are distinct but have the same shape, while D(AB.C) has a different shape. The three expressions, however, have the same commutative shape. I confine attention to products (like these) in which the factors are combined only two at a time.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 59 , 1940 , pp. 153 - 162
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1940

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