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Is the category of racks semi-abelian?

The category $\mathbf{Rack}$ of racks is Barr-exact since it is a variety of universal algebras, but it is not protomodular. Indeed, the category of sets is equivalent to the category of racks ...
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Relating three viewpoints on the semidirect product

First of all, let us see what is an algebra for this monad. One can show that the kernel of $(0,1):X\amalg G\to G$ is generated by the conjugates of elements $X$ by elements of $G$; so an action $\xi$ ...
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