Theory of K-Loops
The book contains the first systematic exposition of the current known theory of K-loops, as well as some new material. In particular, big classes of examples are constructed. The theory for sharply 2-transitive groups is generalized to the theory of Frob
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Hubert Kiechle
Theory of K- Loops
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Author Hubert Kiechle
SP Geometry and Discrete Mathematics University of Hamburg Bundesstrasse SS 20146 Hamburg, Germany e-mail: [email protected]
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(Lecture notes in mathematics ; 1778) ISBN 3-540-43262-0
Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 20NOS
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To my beloved wife Maria
Preface This book contains the first systematic exposition of the presently known theory of K-loops. Besides this, it presents some new results and many examples. Furthermore, the two most important applications are described in detail. Since about ten years the subject of K-loops has grown rapidly, so it seemed reasonable to put things in order. There are not many books on quasigroup and loop theory. The oldest are Bruck’s [20] and Belousov’s [10]. Pflugfelder’s [94] is used as a general reference for the collection of survey articles [24]. Some basic loop theory is also contained in books on projective planes, such as Pickert’s [95]. More specialized, but with very different orientation are Sabinin’s recent [107] and Ungar’s most recent [119] publications. Therefore, most of the material covered has not appeared in book form before. Chapters 1–6 try to unfold the theory in a coherent and self contained way, and could be used as a text. The only prerequisite is basic algebra, in particular, group theory. With very few exceptions 1 complete proofs are given. Examples are later given in Chapters 9,11,12. However, for a course C
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