On varieties of left distributive left idempotent groupoids
We describe a part of the lattice of subvarieties of left distributive left idempotent groupoids (i.e. those satisfying the identities x(yz) ≈ (xy)(xz) and (xx)y ≈ xy) modulo the lattice of subvarieties of left distributive idempotent groupoids. A free groupoid in a subvariety of LDLI groupoids satisfying an identity xⁿ ≈ x decomposes as the direct product of its largest idempotent factor and a cycle. Some properties of subdirectly ireducible LDLI groupoids are found.