Non-subloop conjecture for Moufang elements in PACC-loops

Let QQ be a power-associative conjugacy-closed loop (PACC-loop), and let M(Q)M(Q) denote the set of Moufang elements of QQ.

Non-subloop conjecture. There exists a PACC-loop QQ in which M(Q)M(Q) is not a subloop.

The claim asks whether the Moufang elements of every PACC-loop necessarily form a subloop; the authors state that they have not been able to prove this even in the power-associative case and therefore propose the existence assertion as an open conjecture.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Michael K. Kinyon and Kenneth Kunen, “Power-associative, conjugacy closed loops”, arXiv:math/0507278 (2006).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.