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arxiv: 2601.16619 · v3 · pith:S77X7642new · submitted 2026-01-23 · 🧮 math.RA

Varieties of initial dialgebras and some of their Koszul dual operads

Aigerim Dauletiyarova , Abdenacer Makhlouf , Bauyrzhan Sartayev This is my paper

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keywords initial dialgebrasvarieties of dialgebrasKoszul dual operadsLie dialgebrasassociative dialgebrasfree basesrecovery construction
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For any variety of algebras, a universal algorithm constructs the subvariety of initial dialgebras from which the original algebras can be recovered.

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The paper defines the variety of initial Var-dialgebras for a given variety Var of algebras. It supplies a universal algorithm that produces this subvariety inside the category of Var-dialgebras so that any algebra belonging to Var can be recovered from an element of the subvariety. The authors carry out the construction explicitly for the Lie and associative cases and give bases for the corresponding free objects. The same varieties are then used to form Koszul dual operads.

Core claim

For a given variety Var, the variety of initial Var-dialgebras is constructed via a universal algorithm so that algebras in Var can be recovered from those in the initial variety. Bases of the free initial Lie dialgebra and free initial associative dialgebra are explicitly constructed.

What carries the argument

The variety of initial Var-dialgebras, a subvariety of Var-dialgebras obtained by a universal algorithm that permits recovery of any algebra in Var.

If this is right

  • Any algebra in Var arises by recovery from an algebra in the initial Var-dialgebra variety.
  • The free initial Lie dialgebra admits an explicit basis.
  • The free initial associative dialgebra admits an explicit basis.
  • Koszul dual operads are defined for these initial varieties and can be compared with classical ones.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same algorithmic pattern could be applied to other binary operations or to higher-arity structures beyond dialgebras.
  • Initial varieties may furnish a systematic way to embed classical algebra varieties inside larger categories such as operads or props.
  • The explicit bases for the Lie and associative cases supply concrete models that can be used to test identities or compute cohomology.

Load-bearing premise

A universal algorithm exists that produces the required subvariety for every variety Var without additional restrictions on the identities defining Var.

What would settle it

A concrete variety Var of algebras together with an explicit check that no subvariety of its dialgebras allows every algebra in Var to be recovered, or that the proposed algorithm fails to produce such a subvariety.

read the original abstract

In this paper, for a given variety $\Var$, we present a universal algorithm for constructing a subvariety of $\Var$-dialgebras from which one can recover an algebra belonging to $\Var$. Such a subvariety is called the variety of initial $\Var$-dialgebras. In addition, we construct a basis of the free initial Lie and associative dialgebras.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper introduces, for an arbitrary variety Var of algebras, a universal algorithm that produces a subvariety of Var-dialgebras (termed the variety of initial Var-dialgebras) from which an algebra in Var can be recovered. It further constructs explicit bases for the free initial Lie dialgebra and the free initial associative dialgebra, and discusses their Koszul dual operads.

Significance. If the algorithm is truly universal, the construction would supply a systematic bridge between varieties of algebras and dialgebras, facilitating the study of free objects and operadic duals. The explicit bases for the Lie and associative cases constitute a concrete, verifiable contribution that could serve as a template for other varieties.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract and §2] Abstract and §2 (algorithm presentation): the central claim asserts a universal algorithm that works for any variety Var defined by arbitrary identities. However, the explicit constructions and rewriting rules supplied for Lie and associative dialgebras are restricted to multilinear homogeneous identities; no normalization procedure or extension argument is given for non-homogeneous, non-multilinear, or higher-arity identities. This gap directly affects the load-bearing universality assertion.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading and for identifying a point that requires clarification in the presentation of the universal algorithm. We address the major comment below and will revise the manuscript accordingly.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and §2] Abstract and §2 (algorithm presentation): the central claim asserts a universal algorithm that works for any variety Var defined by arbitrary identities. However, the explicit constructions and rewriting rules supplied for Lie and associative dialgebras are restricted to multilinear homogeneous identities; no normalization procedure or extension argument is given for non-homogeneous, non-multilinear, or higher-arity identities. This gap directly affects the load-bearing universality assertion.

    Authors: We appreciate the referee's observation. The algorithm in §2 is formulated in general terms that apply to an arbitrary variety Var given by any set of identities: one substitutes the dialgebra operations into the identities of Var and extracts the resulting relations on the initial dialgebra. The explicit bases and rewriting systems are worked out only for the multilinear homogeneous cases of Lie and associative dialgebras because these are the settings in which free objects admit combinatorial descriptions via shuffle products. For general (possibly non-homogeneous or non-multilinear) identities the standard reduction of universal algebra—multilinearization by polarization followed by homogenization—reduces the problem to the multilinear homogeneous case to which the algorithm then applies directly. We acknowledge that the manuscript does not spell out this reduction step explicitly. In the revised version we will add a short subsection to §2 that records the normalization procedure, supplies a reference to the classical polarization technique, and illustrates the process with one non-homogeneous example. This addition will make the universality claim fully self-contained while leaving the main results unchanged. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: universal algorithm and basis constructions are presented directly without reduction to inputs

full rationale

The paper defines the variety of initial Var-dialgebras via an explicit universal algorithm that maps any variety Var to a subvariety of dialgebras permitting recovery of the original algebra, then supplies concrete bases for the free objects in the Lie and associative cases. These steps are constructive and do not rely on self-definitional loops, fitted parameters renamed as predictions, or load-bearing self-citations; the algorithm is stated as a general procedure independent of the specific identities of Var, and the basis results follow from direct rewriting without circular reference back to the input variety. The derivation chain therefore remains self-contained.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The work rests on the standard definitions of varieties of algebras and of dialgebras; no free parameters, ad-hoc axioms, or new postulated entities are mentioned in the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • standard math Standard axioms defining varieties of algebras and the notion of dialgebras
    The constructions presuppose the usual category-theoretic and identity-based definitions of varieties and dialgebras from prior literature.

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