#20248 ⟨
a
,
b
|
aba
=
b
,
aaaa
=
aaa
⟩
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Properties
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Infinite non-cancellative commutative monoid
Commutative Gröbner basis: ⟨
a
,
b
|
ab
=
b
,
a
4
=
a
3
⟩
Not cancellative, because multiplication by
b
is not injective:
a
≠ 1
b
⋅
a
=
b
b
⋅ 1 =
b
Cancellative quotient is isomorphic to ℕ
Grothendieck group is isomorphic to ℤ
Group of units is isomorphic to ℤ
1
3 Archimedian components:
1,
a
,
b
Complete rewriting system
Format:
Pretty
Plain
Word to reduce:
Tips:
Lowercase letters stand for generators.
Spaces are ignored.
Numbers repeat the previous letter, e.g.
b90
.
Reduction strategy:
Leftmost
Rightmost
Path to normal form:
1
1
Reduction order:
Left-to-right shortlex with
a
<
b
ab
⇒
b
ba
⇒
b
a
4
⇒
a
3
# ab:aba=b,aaaa=aaa ab ab=b ba=b aaaa=aaa
Staircase diagram
Right Cayley graph (truncated)
