One-generator skew braces and indecomposable set-theoretic solutions to the Yang-Baxter equation

Abstract

We study the class of one-generator solutions to the Yang-Baxter equation, extending some recent results concerning the classes of involutive and multipermutation solutions. Moreover we show the precise relationship between indecomposable solutions to the Yang-Baxter equation and finite one-generator skew braces, giving a positive answer to a question posed by Agata and Alicja Smoktunowicz. In the last part, we apply our results to the involutive case, and we present some numerical results involving solutions of small size.

14 pages, comments welcome!