Moufang loops that share associator and three quarters of their multiplication tables

dc.creatorDrápal, Aleš
dc.creatorVojtěchovský, Petr
dc.date2007-01-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:42:52Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:42:52Z
dc.descriptionTwo constructions due to Drápal produce a group by modifying exactly one quarter of the Cayley table of another group. We present these constructions in a compact way, and generalize them to Moufang loops, using loop extensions. Both constructions preserve associators, the associator subloop, and the nucleus. We conjecture that two Moufang 2-loops of finite order $n$ with equivalent associator can be connected by a series of constructions similar to ours, and offer empirical evidence that this is so for $n=16$, 24, 32; the only interesting cases with $n\le 32$. We further investigate the way the constructions affect code loops and loops of type $M(G, 2)$. The paper closes with several conjectures and research questions concerning the distance of Moufang loops, classification of small Moufang loops, and generalizations of the two constructions.
dc.description20 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0701710
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0701710
dc.identifierRocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics 36 (2006), no. 2, 425-455
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/122610
dc.subjectGroup Theory
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subject20N05, 20D60, 05B15
dc.titleMoufang loops that share associator and three quarters of their multiplication tables
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