Is there a name for magmas (written additively) satsisfying the following identity? The square brackets have no particular signifance, but will hopefully promote readability in what follows. $$[x+y]+[x'+y'] \equiv [x+x']+[y+y'].$$
Example. Any commutative associative magma.
Motivation. Let $A$ and $B$ denote magmas (operations $\oplus$ and $+$ respectively) and assume that $B$ satisfies the above identity. Then for any two homomorphisms $f,g : A \rightarrow B,$ we have that $f+g$ is a homomorphism.
Proof. Consider fixed but arbitrary homomorphisms $f,g : A \rightarrow B$ and suppose $x,y \in A$. Then the following are equal.
- $(f+g)(x \oplus y)$
- $f(x \oplus y) + g(x \oplus y)$
- $[f(x) + f(y)] + [g(x)+g(y)]$
- $[f(x)+g(x)]+[f(y)+g(y)]$
- $(f+g)(x) + (f+g)(y).$
We conclude the following. $$(f+g)(x \oplus y) \equiv (f+g)(x) + (f+g)(y).$$
