A new characterisation of groups amongst monoids

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DOI10.1007/S10485-016-9471-XzbMATH Open1386.18032arXiv1606.02490OpenAlexW2963672510MaRDI QIDQ1681850FDOQ1681850


Authors: Xabier García-Martínez Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 24 November 2017

Published in: Applied Categorical Structures (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that a monoid M is a group if and only if, in the category of monoids, all points over M are strong. This sharpens and greatly simplifies a result of Montoli, Rodelo and Van der Linden which characterises groups amongst monoids as the protomodular objects.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.02490




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