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On a general associativity law in groupoids

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In this paper we show that a division groupoid together with a general associativity law is in fact a group.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Oulu, SF-90570, Oulu, Finland

    Markku Niemenmaa

  2. Department of Mathematics, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia

    Tomas Kepka

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Niemenmaa, M., Kepka, T. On a general associativity law in groupoids. Monatshefte für Mathematik 113, 51–57 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01299305

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