Reducible multiary group

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Definition

Recall that a multiary group is a -ary group for some . A -ary group with multiplication is termed reducible if it satisfies the following equivalent conditions:

No. Shorthand Statement with symbols Note
1 arises from a group there exists a group structure on such that for all (possibly repeated) , with the multiplication on the right being as per the group structure. If we're assuming this, we don't need to check the -ary associativity and unique solution conditions; they follow automatically.
2 existence of neutral element there exists a neutral element for : evaluated at any tuple where of the entries are equal to and the remaining entry is , gives output . This is true regardless of where we place and is also true if . Note that we do need to separately check the associativity and unique solution conditions.

Equivalence of definitions

Further information: equivalence of definitions of reducible multiary group