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Infinite non-cancellative non-commutative monoid
Not right cancellative, because right multiplication by
b
is not injective:
a
2
b
a
2
⋅
b
=
b
and 1 ⋅
b
=
b
, however
a
2
b
a
2
≠ 1
Enveloping group is isomorphic to ℤ
Rewriting system
Format:
Pretty
Plain
Word to reduce:
Tips:
Lowercase letters stand for generators.
Spaces are ignored.
Numbers repeat the previous letter, e.g.
b90
.
Reduction strategy:
Leftmost
Rightmost
Path to normal form:
1
1
Reduction order:
Left-to-right shortlex with
a
<
b
Certificate
: derivations of all rewriting rules from the defining relations.
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Rule
Proof
1.
b
a
2
b
⇒
a
2
b
2
[2]
2.
a
4
b
2
⇒
b
[3]
# ab:aabaab=b ab baab=aabb aaaabb=b