TPTP Problem File: GRP401-1.p

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% File     : GRP401-1 : TPTP v8.2.0. Released v2.5.0.
% Domain   : Group Theory (Cancellative Semigroups)
% Problem  : Prove distributivity implies nilpotent in cancellative semigroup
% Version  : [EF+02] axioms.
% English  : Assume a cancellative semigroup admits a commutator operation.
%            Then the following three properties are equivalent:
%            (1) commutator is associative;
%            (2) commutator distributes over product;
%            (3) the semigroup is nilpotent of class 2.
%            This is a generalization of the corresponding theorem for group
%            theory. The problem here is to prove (1) implies (2).

% Refs     : [Kur56] Kurosh (1956), The Theory of Groups
%          : [EF+02] Ernst et al. (2002), More First-order Test Problems in
% Source   : [EF+02]
% Names    : cs-comm-dn [EF+02]

% Status   : Unsatisfiable
% Rating   : 0.40 v8.2.0, 0.44 v8.1.0, 0.53 v7.5.0, 0.47 v7.4.0, 0.59 v7.3.0, 0.54 v7.2.0, 0.50 v7.1.0, 0.45 v7.0.0, 0.46 v6.4.0, 0.57 v6.3.0, 0.50 v6.2.0, 0.60 v6.1.0, 0.64 v6.0.0, 0.43 v5.5.0, 0.50 v5.4.0, 0.56 v5.3.0, 0.70 v5.2.0, 0.50 v5.1.0, 0.56 v5.0.0, 0.60 v4.1.0, 0.44 v4.0.1, 0.50 v4.0.0, 0.43 v3.7.0, 0.29 v3.4.0, 0.17 v3.3.0, 0.33 v3.1.0, 0.20 v2.7.0, 0.50 v2.6.0, 0.40 v2.5.0
% Syntax   : Number of clauses     :    6 (   4 unt;   0 nHn;   3 RR)
%            Number of literals    :    8 (   8 equ;   3 neg)
%            Maximal clause size   :    2 (   1 avg)
%            Maximal term depth    :    4 (   2 avg)
%            Number of predicates  :    1 (   0 usr;   0 prp; 2-2 aty)
%            Number of functors    :    5 (   5 usr;   3 con; 0-2 aty)
%            Number of variables   :   14 (   0 sgn)
% SPC      : CNF_UNS_RFO_PEQ_NUE

% Comments :
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%----Include Cancellative semigroups axioms
include('Axioms/GRP008-0.ax').
include('Axioms/GRP008-1.ax').
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%----CS admits commutator
cnf(commutator,axiom,
    multiply(A,B) = multiply(B,multiply(A,commutator(A,B))) ).

%----Commutator distributes over product
cnf(commutator_distributes_over_product,axiom,
    commutator(multiply(A,B),C) = multiply(commutator(A,C),commutator(B,C)) ).

%----Denial: nilpotent class 2
cnf(prove_nilpotency,negated_conjecture,
    multiply(commutator(a,b),c) != multiply(c,commutator(a,b)) ).

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