Growth sequences of finite algebras (Q2266731)

Let \({\mathbb{A}}\) be a universal algebra and d(\({\mathbb{A}})\) the smallest possible cardinality of a generating set for \({\mathbb{A}}\). The sequence \(<d({\mathbb{A}}^ n)>^{\infty}_{n=1}\) is called the growth sequence of \({\mathbb{A}}\). The algebra \({\mathbb{A}}\) is called congruence uniform if every congruence on \({\mathbb{A}}\) has the property that all its congruence classes are of the same cardinality, and a variety V is called congruence uniform if all algebras in V are congruence uniform. If \({\mathbb{A}}\) is an algebra of a congruence modular variety, then \({\mathbb{A}}\) is called perfect in case \([\nabla,\nabla]=\nabla\), where \(\nabla\) denotes the largest congruence on \({\mathbb{A}}\) and [, ] is the symbol for the commutator defined by \textit{J. Hagemann} and \textit{C. Herrmann} [Arch. Math. 32, 234-245 (1979; Zbl 0419.08001)]. The paper contains results concerning growth sequences of finite algebras which generalize the corresponding results for groups, obtained by J. Wiegold. The main theorem gives an upper bound for \(d({\mathbb{A}}^ n)\) and applies to all finite perfect algebras in congruence uniform varieties; in particular, to rings with unity.