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A Unified Classification Theorem for Mal’tsev-Like Categories

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In this paper we give unified characterizations of categories defined by variations of the Mal’tsev property.

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The author wishes to warmly thank Zurab Janelidze and Tim Van der Linden for their kind collaboration on this project. Work supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) and Centro2020 through the Projects: UID/Multi/04044/2013; Next.parts (17963); PAMI - ROTEIRO/0328/2013 (N. 022158); and also by CDRSP and ESTG from the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria.

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Martins-Ferreira, N. A Unified Classification Theorem for Mal’tsev-Like Categories. Appl Categor Struct 28, 323–338 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10485-019-09580-y

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