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QuasigroupA Groupoid such that for all , there exist unique such that
No other restrictions are applied; thus a quasigroup need not have an Identity Element, not be associative, etc.Quasigroups are precisely Groupoids whose multiplication tables are Latin Squares.A quasigroup can be empty.See also Binary Operator, Groupoid, Latin Square, Loop (Algebra), Monoid, Semigroup References
van Lint, J. H. and Wilson, R. M. A Course in Combinatorics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
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