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On the equational complexity of RRA

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We prove that the equational complexity function for the variety of representable relation algebras is bounded below by a log-log function.

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    Jeremy F. Alm

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Alm, J.F. On the equational complexity of RRA. Algebra Univers. 68, 321–324 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-012-0210-3

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