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Complexity of some problems concerning varieties and quasi-varieties of algebras. (English) Zbl 0963.68077

Summary: We consider the complexity of several problems involving finite algebraic structures. Given finite algebras \(A\) and \(B\), these problems ask the following. (1) Do \(A\) and \(B\) satisfy precisely the same identities? (2) Do they satisfy the same quasi-identities? (3) Do \(A\) and \(B\) have the same set of term operations?
In addition to the general case in which we allow arbitrary (finite) algebras, we consider each of these problems under the restrictions that all operations are unary and that \(A\) and \(B\) have cardinality two. We briefly discuss the relationship of these problems to algebraic specification theory.

MSC:

68Q25 Analysis of algorithms and problem complexity
08C15 Quasivarieties
08A40 Operations and polynomials in algebraic structures, primal algebras
68Q65 Abstract data types; algebraic specification
08B15 Lattices of varieties
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