Authors: P. Syrbu, D. Ceban
Abstract
A paratopy of an orthogonal system $\Sigma = \{A_{1},
A_{2},\dots ,A_{n}\}$ of $n$-ary quasigroups, defined on a
nonempty set $Q$, is a mapping $\theta : Q^n\mapsto Q^n$ such that
$\Sigma \theta =\Sigma, $ where $\Sigma \theta = \{A_{1}\theta,
A_{2}\theta,\dots ,A_{n}\theta\}$. The paratopies of the
orthogonal systems, consisting of two binary quasigroups and two
binary selectors, have been described by Belousov in [1]. He
proved that there exist 9 such systems, admitting at least one
non-trivial paratopy and that the existence of paratopies implies
(in many cases) the parastrophic-orthogonality of a quasigroup
from $\Sigma $. A generalization of this result (ternary case) is
considered in the present paper. We prove that there exist 153
orthogonal systems, consisting of three ternary quasigroups and
three ternary selectors, which admit at least one non-trivial
paratopy. The existence of paratopies implies (in many cases) some
identities. One of them was considered earlier by T. Evans, who
proved that it implies the self-orthogonality of the corresponding
ternary quasigroup. The present paper contains the first part of
our investigation. We give the necessary and sufficient conditions
when a triple $\theta,$ consisting of three ternary quasigroup
operations or of a ternary selector and two ternary quasigroup
operations, defines a paratopy of $\Sigma $.
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