Quadratic normalization in monoids

Abstract

In the general context of presentations of monoids, we study normalization process that are determined by their restriction to length-two words. Garside’s greedy normal forms and quadratic convergent rewriting systems, in particular those associated with the plactic monoids, are typical examples. Having introduced a parameter, called the class and measuring the complexity of the normalization of length-three words, we analyze the normalization of longer words and describe a number of possible behaviors. We fully axiomatize normalizations of class [Formula: see text], show the convergence of the associated rewriting systems, and characterize those deriving from a Garside family.