The commutative loop conjecture for integer spaces of sigma-sets

Let A2\mathdsNA\in 2^{\mathds{N}}, and let 3A3^{A} be the integer space equipped with the fusion operation \oplus. The conjecture concerns closure, an identity element, unique annihilating inverses, and commutativity.

Commutative loop conjecture. The structure (3A,)(3^{A},\oplus) satisfies:

  1. (X,Y3A)(XY3A)(\forall X,Y\in 3^{A})(X\oplus Y\in 3^{A});
  2. (!3A)(X3A)(X=X=X)(\exists!\,\emptyset\in 3^{A})(\forall X\in 3^{A})(X\oplus\emptyset=\emptyset\oplus X=X);
  3. (X3A)(!X3A)(XX=XX=)(\forall X\in 3^{A})(\exists!\,X^{-}\in 3^{A})(X\oplus X^{-}=X^{-}\oplus X=\emptyset);
  4. (X,Y3A)(XY=YX)(\forall X,Y\in 3^{A})(X\oplus Y=Y\oplus X).

For A={1,2}A=\{1,2\}, the source verifies these four properties but also observes that \oplus is not associative. The conjecture extends the verified algebraic properties to arbitrary A2\mathdsNA\in2^{\mathds{N}}, while associativity is not claimed.

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Primary source

Ivan Gatica and Alfonso Bustamente, “σ-Sets and σ-Antisets”, arXiv:2501.00047 (2025).

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