research overview Dr. Szendrei's research interests include the structure theory of finite algebras, commutator theory, classification results using clone theory, and applications of these techniques and results to problems in computer science.
selected publications book Clones in universal algebra. Ed. 99. 1986 Lectures in universal algebra. Ed. 43. 1986 chapter Partial orders induced by quasilinear clones. 51-83. 2012 A survey of clones closed under conjugation. 297-343. 2004 Modules in general algebra. 41-53. 1998 A survey on strictly simple algebras and minimal varieties. 209-239. 1992 Symmetric algebras. 259-280. 1988 Locally para-primal algebras. 367-399. 1987 Demi-primal algebras with a single operation. 509-531. 1986 Unary polynomials in algebras. II. 273-290. 1983 On the idempotent reducts of modules. I, II. 753-780. 1982 Algebras with doubly transitive automorphism groups. 521-535. 1981 Clones of linear operations on finite sets. 693-738. 1981 On weakly commuting operations. 373-380. 1979 On affine modules. 457-Vol. 17. 1977 conference proceeding Rosenberg-Type Completeness Criteria for Subclones of Slupecki's Clone. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Multiple Valued Logic. 349-354. 2012 A COMPLETENESS CRITERION FOR SEMI-AFFINE ALGEBRAS. 314-319. 1992 journal article Random models of idempotent linear Maltsev conditions. I. Idemprimality. Algebra Universalis. 2020 Is supernilpotence super nilpotence?. Algebra Universalis. 2020 Commutative Rings Whose Principal Ideals Have Unique Generators. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics. 1-9. 2020 THE SUBPOWER MEMBERSHIP PROBLEM FOR FINITE ALGEBRAS WITH CUBE TERMS. Logical Methods in Computer Science. 2019 Varieties whose finitely generated members are free. Algebra Universalis. 2018 Cube term blockers without finiteness. Algebra Universalis. 437-459. 2017 Simpler Maltsev conditions for (weak) difference terms in locally finite varieties. Algebra Universalis. 555-561. 2017 Dualizable algebras with parallelogram terms. Algebra Universalis. 497-539. 2016 Growth rates of algebras, III: finite solvable algebras. Algebra Universalis. 199-222. 2016 GROWTH RATES OF ALGEBRAS, I: POINTED CUBE TERMS. Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society. 56-94. 2016 A FINITE BASIS THEOREM FOR DIFFERENCE-TERM VARIETIES WITH A FINITE RESIDUAL BOUND. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 2115-2143. 2016 Growth rates of algebras, II: Wiegold dichotomy. International Journal of Algebra and Computation. 555-566. 2015 Commuting Polynomial Operations of Distributive Lattices. Order. 245-269. 2012 The 3rd International Conference on Boolean Algebra, Lattice Theory, Universal Algebra, Set Theory and Set-theoretical Topology-BLAST 2010. Order. 229-230. 2012 An easy test for congruence modularity. Algebra Universalis. 375-392. 2012 CLONES OF ALGEBRAS WITH PARALLELOGRAM TERMS. International Journal of Algebra and Computation. 2012 Clones with finitely many relative R-classes. Algebra Universalis. 109-159. 2011 The submaximal clones on the three-element set with finitely many relative R-classes. Discussiones Mathematicae - General Algebra and Applications. 7-7. 2010 Equivalence of operations with respect to discriminator clones. Discrete Mathematics. 673-685. 2009 Clones of 2-step nilpotent groups. Algebra Universalis. 491-512. 2008 Clones closed under conjugation I: Clones with constants. International Journal of Algebra and Computation. 7-58. 2008 Clones of finite groups. Algebra Universalis. 23-52. 2005 Groups with identical subgroup lattices in all powers. Journal of Group Theory. 385-402. 2004 Chief factor sizes in finitely generated varieties. Canadian Journal of Mathematics. 736-756. 2002 Generating singular transformations. Semigroup Forum. 441-448. 2001 Collapsing permutation groups. Algebra Universalis. 35-51. 2001 The join of two minimal clones and the meet of two maximal clones. Algebra Universalis. 161-178. 2001 The classification of commutative minimal clones. Discussiones Mathematicae Algebra and Stochastic Methods. 147-178. 1999 The residual character of varieties generated by strictly simple term minimal algebras. Algebra Universalis. 269-288. 1999 The relationship between two commutators. International Journal of Algebra and Computation. 497-531. 1998 Projectivity and isomorphism of strictly simple algebras. Algebra Universalis. 45-56. 1998 Self-rectangulating varieties of type 5. International Journal of Algebra and Computation. 511-540. 1997 A characterization of minimal locally finite varieties. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 1749-1768. 1997 Nearly-idempotent plain algebras are indeed nearly idempotent plain algebras. Mathematica Slovaca. 391-403. 1996 Expansions of minimal varieties. Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum. 659-679. 1995 MAXIMAL NON-AFFINE REDUCTS OF SIMPLE AFFINE ALGEBRAS. Algebra Universalis. 144-174. 1995 Strongly abelian minimal varieties. Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum. 25-42. 1994 TERM MINIMAL ALGEBRAS. Algebra Universalis. 439-477. 1994 THE SET OF TYPES OF A FINITELY GENERATED VARIETY. Discrete Mathematics. 1-20. 1993 Non-finitely based finite groupoids generating minimal varieties. Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum. 593-600. 1993 SIMPLE ABELIAN ALGEBRAS. Journal of Algebra. 408-424. 1992 THE PRIMAL ALGEBRA CHARACTERIZATION THEOREM REVISITED. Algebra Universalis. 41-60. 1992 A classification of strictly simple algebras with trivial subalgebras. Demonstratio Mathematica. 149-173. 1991 SIMPLE SURJECTIVE ALGEBRAS HAVING NO PROPER SUBALGEBRAS. Journal- Australian Mathematical Society Series a. 434-454. 1990 LYNDON GROUPOID IS NOT INHERENTLY NONFINITELY BASED. Algebra Universalis. 254-260. 1990 EVERY IDEMPOTENT PLAIN ALGEBRA GENERATES A MINIMAL VARIETY. Algebra Universalis. 36-39. 1988 IDEMPOTENT ALGEBRAS WITH RESTRICTIONS ON SUBALGEBRAS. Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum. 251-268. 1987 SUBMAXIMAL CLONES WITH A PRIME-ORDER AUTOMORPHISM. Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum. 29-48. 1985 DEMI-PRIMAL ALGEBRAS. Algebra Universalis. 117-128. 1984 DEGREES OF CLONES AND RELATIONS. HOUSTON JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS. 545-580. 1983 SHORT MAXIMAL-CHAINS IN THE LATTICE OF CLONES OVER A FINITE-SET. Mathematische Nachrichten. 43-58. 1983 A new proof of the McKenzie-Gumm theorem. Algebra Universalis. 144-144. 1982 ALGEBRAS OF PRIME CARDINALITY WITH A CYCLIC AUTOMORPHISM. Archiv der Mathematik. 417-427. 1982 AUTOMORPHISM-GROUPS AND FUNCTIONAL COMPLETENESS. Algebra Universalis. 385-400. 1982 CORRECTION. Algebra Universalis. U143-U143. 1982 A NEW PROOF OF THE MCKENZIE-GUMM THEOREM. Algebra Universalis. 133-135. 1981 Algebras with $p$-uniform principal congruences. Studia Scientiarum Mathematicarum Hungarica. 229-235. 1981 IDENTITIES IN IDEMPOTENT AFFINE ALGEBRAS. Algebra Universalis. 172-199. 1981 IDENTITIES SATISFIED BY CONVEX LINEAR-FORMS. Algebra Universalis. 103-122. 1981 Independent basis for the identities of entropic groupoids. Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae. 71-85. 1981 Sl upecki-type criteria for quasilinear functions over a finite-dimensional vector space. 601-611. 1981 On closed classes of quasilinear functions. Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal. 498-509. 1980 Remarks on a paper of L. Szabó and Á. Szendrei: “Almost all algebras with triply transitive automorphism groups are functionally complete” [Acta Sci. Math. (Szeged) bf 41 (1979), no. 3-4, 391–402; MR 81g:08006a]. Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum. 95-98. 1980 ALMOST ALL ALGEBRAS WITH TRIPLY TRANSITIVE AUTOMORPHISM-GROUPS ARE FUNCTIONALLY COMPLETE. Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum. 391-402. 1979 On closed sets of linear operations over a finite set of squarefree cardinality. 547-559. 1978 On modules in which idempotent reducts form a chain. Colloquium Mathematicum. 191-196. 1978 On the arity of affine modules. Colloquium Mathematicum. 1-4. 1977 TORSION THEORIES IN AFFINE CATEGORIES. Acta Mathematica Hungarica. 351-369. 1977 IDEMPOTENT REDUCTS OF ABELIAN-GROUPS. Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum. 171-182. 1976 The operation ISKP on classes of algebras. Algebra Universalis. 349-353. 1976
education and training D.Sc., Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary) 1993 Ph.D., Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary) 1982