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Partial groupoids
Abbreviation: Pargoid
Definition
A \emph{partial groupoid} is a structure A=⟨A,⋅⟩, where
⋅ is a \emph{partial binary operation}, i.e., ⋅:A×A→A+{∗}.
Remark: The domain of definition of ⋅ is Dom(⋅)={⟨x,y⟩∈A2∣x⋅y≠∗}
Morphisms
Let A and B be partial groupoids. A morphism from A to B is a function h:A→B that is a homomorphism: if x⋅y≠∗ then h(x⋅y)=h(x)⋅h(y)
Examples
Example 1: The empty partial binary operation on any set A gives a partial groupoid.
Basic results
Properties
Finite members
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f(1)= &2\\ f(2)= &45\\ f(3)= &43968\\ f(4)= &6358196250\\ f(5)= &236919104155855296\\
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