Problem #3

There are n⁽ⁿ²⁾ binary operations on the set Z_n = {0,1,2,...,n − 1}. One of them is +, ordinary addition modulo n. How many of the binary operations are

• left-distributive over +?

• left-distributive and right-distributive over +?

Source: J. R. Clay

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