The lattice of clones of self-dual operations collapsed

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Abstract

We prove that there are continuum many clones on a three-element set even if they are considered up to homomorphic equivalence. The clones we use to prove this fact are clones consisting of self-dual operations, i.e. operations that preserve the relation {(0, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0)}. However, there are only countably many such clones when considered up to equivalence with respect to minor-preserving maps instead of clone homomorphisms. We give a full description of the set of clones of self-dual operations, ordered by the existence of minor-preserving maps. Our result can also be phrased as a statement about structures on a three-element set: we give a full description of the structures containing the relation {(0, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0)}, ordered by primitive positive constructability, because there is a minor-preserving map from the polymorphism clone of a finite structure to the polymorphism clone of a finite structure if and only if there is a primitive positive construction of in .

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Original languageEnglish
Article number4
Pages (from-to)717-749
Number of pages33
JournalInternational Journal of Algebra and Computation
Volume33
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

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Scopus 85162797770
ORCID /0000-0001-8228-3611/work/152544382

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