Combinatorial Route to Algebra: The Art of Composition & Decomposition

We consider a general concept of composition and decomposition of objects, and discuss a few natural properties one may expect from a reasonable choice thereof. It will be demonstrated how this leads to multiplication and co-multiplication laws, thereby providing a generic scheme furnishing combinat...

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Main Author: Pawel Blasiak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science 2009-01-01
Series:Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
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Online Access:https://dmtcs.episciences.org/481/pdf