Supernilpotence prevents dualizability

DOI10.1017/S1446788713000517MaRDI QIDQ5408741zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Wolfram Bentz, Peter Mayr

Publication date 11 April 2014

Published in Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.3185

zbMATH Keywords

natural dualitynilpotenceMal'cev algebrapartial clones

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Structure theory of algebraic structures (08A05) Equational classes, universal algebra in model theory (03C05) Equational logic, Mal'tsev conditions (08B05) Congruence modularity, congruence distributivity (08B10) Natural dualities for classes of algebras (08C20)

Abstract: We address the question of the dualizability of nilpotent Mal'cev algebras, showing that nilpotent finite Mal'cev algebras with a non-abelian supernilpotent congruence are inherently non-dualizable. In particular, finite nilpotent non-abelian Mal'cev algebras of finite type are non-dualizable if they are direct products of algebras of prime power order. We show that these results cannot be generalized to nilpotent algebras by giving an example of a group expansion of infinite type that is nilpotent and non-abelian, but dualizable. To our knowledge this is the first construction of a non-abelian nilpotent dualizable algebra. It has the curious property that all its non-abelian finitary reducts with group operation are non-dualizable. We were able to prove dualizability by utilizing a new clone theoretic approach developed by Davey, Pitkethly, and Willard. Our results suggest that supernilpotence plays an important role in characterizing dualizability among Mal'cev algebras.

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