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A Simple Way of Getting Large Examples of Osborn Loops

Muhammad Shah

math.RAarXiv:2609.09176

Abstract

Examples and counterexamples define the boundaries of mathematical propositions, test foundational conjectures, and resolve open structural problems in abstract algebra. In loop theory, an Osborn loop is a crucial generalization of a Moufang loop satisfying a specialized variable-sandwiching identity. While small finite non-associative examples are known, constructing large examples of proper Osborn loops (loops that are neither conjugacy closed nor Moufang) remains a computational bottleneck. In this paper, we establish an efficient framework for generating large proper Osborn loops by taking the direct product of non-associative conjugacy closed (CC) loops and Moufang loops. We outline the boundary constraints necessary to prevent structural collapse into sub-varieties and provide explicit examples up to order 2025 validated via the GAP package LOOPS.

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