Possible orders of nonassociative Moufang loops
Chein, Orin ; Rajah, Andrew
Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae, Tome 41 (2000), p. 237-244 / Harvested from Czech Digital Mathematics Library
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The paper surveys the known results concerning the question: ``For what values of $n$ does there exist a nonassociative Moufang loop of order $n$?'' Proofs of the newest results for $n$ odd, and a complete resolution of the case $n$ even are also presented.

Publié le : 2000-01-01
Classification:  20N05 
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Chein, Orin; Rajah, Andrew. Possible orders of nonassociative Moufang loops. Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae, Tome 41 (2000) pp. 237-244. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/119159/

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