The nonassociative loop-switch strategy conjecture

Let L=({1,a,b,c,d},)\mathcal{L}=(\{1,a,b,c,d\},\ast) be the smallest loop that is not a group, with multiplication operation \ast. Loop-switch strategy conjecture. There exists a nontrivial adversarial group HH such that the generalized spinning switches puzzle with switches behaving like L\mathcal{L} has a winning strategy for the puzzle-solver. This asks whether the group-based framework extends to nonassociative switches; the source introduces it as an open question and gives no candidate group HH.

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Peter Kagey, “Spinning switches on a wreath product”, arXiv:2210.09408 (2022).

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