On the number of finite algebraic structures
We prove that every clone of operations on a finite set , if it contains a Malcev operation, is finitely related – i.e., identical with the clone of all operations respecting for some finitary relation over . It follows that for a fixed finite set , the set of all such Malcev clones is countable. This completes the solution of a problem that was first formulated in 1980, or earlier: how many Malcev clones can finite sets support? More generally, we prove that every finite algebra with few...