On algebraic models for homotopy 3-types.
Flat covers do not exist in all varieties. We give a necessary condition for the existence of flat covers and some examples of varieties where not all algebras have flat covers.
Let be a finite group. It was observed by L.S. Scull that the original definition of the equivariant minimality in the -connected case is incorrect because of an error concerning algebraic properties. In the -disconnected case the orbit category was originally replaced by the category with one object for each component of each fixed point simplicial subsets of a -simplicial set , for all subgroups . We redefine the equivariant minimality and redevelop some results on the rational homotopy...
There are very strong parallels between the properties of Mal'tsev and Jónsson-Tarski algebras, for example in the good behaviour of centrality and in the factorization of direct products. Moreover, the two classes between them include the majority of algebras that actually arise 'in nature'. As a contribution to the research programme building a unified theory capable of covering the two classes, along with other instances of good centrality and factorization, the paper presents a common framework...