• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.375-381
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• 2019

In this paper, we introduce an operation denoted by [$Br_e$], a bracket operation, which maps an arbitrary groupoid ($X,{\ast}$) on a set X to another groupoid $(X,{\bullet})=[Br_e](X,{\ast})$ which on groups corresponds to sending a pair of elements (x, y) of X to its commutator $xyx^{-1}y^{-1}$. When applied to classes such as d-algebras, BCK-algebras, a variety of results is obtained indicating that this construction is more generally useful than merely for groups where it is of fundamental importance.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.54 no.4
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• pp.1373-1386
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• 2017

In this paper, we introduce and explore suggested notions of 'above', 'below' and 'between' in general groupoids, Bin(X), as well as in more detail in several well-known classes of groupoids, including groups, semigroups, selective groupoids (digraphs), d/BCK-algebras, linear groupoids over fields and special cases, in order to illustrate the usefulness of these ideas. Additionally, for groupoid-classes (e.g., BCK-algebras) where these notions have already been accepted in a standard form, we look at connections between the several definitions which result from our introduction of these ideas as presented in this paper.