Does there exist a non-commutative algebraic structure with the following properties? 1. | M

preityk7t

preityk7t

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2022-06-25

Does there exist a non-commutative algebraic structure with the following properties?
1. | M | 2
2. For all a, b, c M, ( a b ) c = a ( b c ).
3. For all a, b M with a≠b, exactly one of the equations a x = b and b x = a has a solution for x in M.
4. For all a, b M, the equation a x = b has a solution for x in M if and only if the equation y a = b has a solution for y in M.

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knolsaadme

knolsaadme

Beginner2022-06-26Added 16 answers

Let M = ( Q + × { 0 } ) ( Q × { 1 } ) { } and consider the binary operation on M defined as follows:
- ( q , 0 ) ( r , 0 ) = ( q + r , 0 ) for all q , r Q +
- ( q , 0 ) ( r , 1 ) = ( q + r , 1 ) for all q Q + , r Q
- ( r , 1 ) ( q , 0 ) = ( 2 q + r , 1 ) for all q Q + , r Q
- ( q , 1 ) ( r , 1 ) = for all q , r Q
- x = x = for all x M
A bit of casework shows that this is associative. It also has the property that a x = b and x a = b each have a solution (for a b) iff a < b, where < is the total order on M defined by ordering each of Q + × { 0 } and Q × { 1 } according to their first coordinate and saying that every element of Q + × { 0 } is less than every element of Q × { 1 } and that is the greatest element. It follows that your properties (3) and (4) hold, so M is a magnium. However, it is not commutative.
opepayflarpws

opepayflarpws

Beginner2022-06-27Added 7 answers

As another way to get counterexamples, let G be any totally ordered nonabelian group, and let M be the monoid of nonnegative elements of G. Properties (3) and (4) follow from the fact that a 1 b and b a 1 are each nonnegative iff a b. An explicit example of such a G is the group of affine maps K K of positive slope for any ordered field K. The subset M can then be explicitly described as the set of maps of the form x a x + b where a 1 and if a = 1 then b 0. (When K = Q, this is closely related to the first example above, identifying ( q , 0 ) with x x + q and ( r , 1 ) with x 2 x + r.)

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