Moufang loops that share associator and three quarters of their multiplication tables. (Q2477832): Difference between revisions

As we know the classification of Moufang loops is finished only for orders less than 64. The purpose of this paper is to initiate a new approach to finite Moufang 2-loops. The authors intend to decide whether all Moufang 2-loops of given order with equivalent associator can be obtained from just one of them, using only group-theoretical constructions. The authors prove that this is the case for \(n=16\), 24, 32, which are the only orders less than or equal 32 for which there are at least two non-isomorphic nonassociative Moufang loops. The paper closes with several conjectures and research questions concerning the distance of Moufang loops.