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Comer, Stephen D.

Combinatorial aspects of relations. (English) Zbl 0549.20059

Algebra Univers. 18, 77-94 (1984).
A multivalued group-like system called polygroup (a special type of multigroup in the sense of M. Dresher and Ø. Ore [Am. J. Math. 60, 705-733 (1938; Zbl 0019.10701)] is introduced. Polygroups can be characterized as the atomic structures (under composition and reverse) of complete atomic integral relation algebras (see B. Jónsson and A. Tarski [ibid. 74, 127-162 (1952; Zbl 0049.15801)]. Due to this, there is a correspondence between certain properties of IRA’s (such as different kinds of representability) and those of polygroups. Also, information can be obtained about automorphism groups of colour schemes (colourings of the edges of complete graphs, subject to some conditions) from the knowledge of polygroups attached to them (so called chromatic polygroups). The last two theorems give some approach to problems concerning the orbits of stabilizers of the elements in transitive permutation groups by ways of polygroups.
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MSC:

20N99 Other generalizations of groups
05C15 Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs
08A02 Relational systems, laws of composition
20B20 Multiply transitive finite groups

Keywords:

multivalued group-like system; atomic structures; complete atomic integral relation algebras; automorphism groups of colour schemes; complete graphs; chromatic polygroups; orbits of stabilizers; transitive permutation groups

Citations:

Zbl 0019.10701; Zbl 0049.15801
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