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Finite Bol loops

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

R. P. Burn
Affiliation:
Homerton College, Cambridge

Extract

In this paper, we prove that, for any prime p, a Bol loop of order 2p or of order p2 is necessarily a group, and we show that there exist exactly six non-associative Bol loops of order 8.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1978

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