Idempotent conjecture for integral quandle rings of semi-latin quandles

For a quandle XX, its integral quandle ring is Z[X]\mathbb{Z}[X], and an idempotent is an element ee satisfying e2=ee^2=e. The idempotents 00 and the basis elements of XX are called trivial idempotents. Idempotent conjecture. The integral quandle ring of a semi-latin quandle has only trivial idempotents. In particular, the integral quandle ring of a finite latin quandle has only trivial idempotents. Computer-assisted checks for quandles of order less than seven support this claim, while the general statement remains open.

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Valeriy Bardakov, Mohamed Elhamdadi and Mahender Singh, “Yang-Baxter Equation and Related Algebraic Structures”, arXiv:2506.23175 (2025).

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