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Shelves with "trichotomy"
A left shelf $(S, \rhd)$ is a magma with the left self-distributive law:
$$
\forall x, y, z \in S: x \rhd (y \rhd z) = (x \rhd y) \rhd (x \rhd z).
$$
Shelves are generalization of racks and quandles ...
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Racks with "trichotomy"
(This is a follow-up question; the original question was about shelves.)
A rack $(R, \rhd, \lhd)$ is a set $R$ with two binary operations $\rhd$ and $\lhd$ such that for all $x, y, z \in R$:
$x \rhd ...