The variety-invariance conjecture for Bol–Moufang homology

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Let VijVij and WkWk\ell be identities defining the same variety of quasigroups, let XX be any quasigroup in that variety, and let (t,s)(t,s) be a substitution. Write H2(X;Vij,t,s)H_2(X;Vij,t,s) for the second Bol–Moufang homology associated with the identity VijVij and substitution (t,s)(t,s). Variety-invariance conjecture. The homology depends only on the variety containing XX and on (t,s)(t,s); specifically, for all (t,s)(t,s),

H2(X;Vij,t,s)=H2(X;Wk,t,s).H_2(X;Vij,t,s)=H_2(X;Wk\ell,t,s).

Moreover, when XX is a group, any identity VijVij defining the variety of groups yields the usual group homology of XX. The authors verify independence from the particular identity in their examples, but state that the general claim has not been proved; the conjecture also proposes agreement with ordinary group homology in the group case.

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Anthony Christiana, Ben Clingenpeel, Huizheng Guo, Jinseok Oh, Jozef H. Przytycki and Anna Zamojska-Dzienio, “In Search of Homology for Quasigroups of Bol-Moufang Type”, arXiv:2508.21268 (2025).

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