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a
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ab
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Properties
Presentation has sum-of-sides 2
Infinite non-cancellative non-commutative monoid
Not left cancellative, because left multiplication by
a
is not injective:
a
⋅
ba
=
a
and
a
⋅ 1 =
a
, however
ba
≠ 1
Not right cancellative, because right multiplication by
b
is not injective:
ba
⋅
b
=
b
and 1 ⋅
b
=
b
, however
ba
≠ 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.
#
Rule
Proof
1.
ab
⇒ 1
[1]
# ab:ab=1 ab ab=1