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This paper gives the construction of free medial quandles as well as free n-symmetric medial quandles and free m-reductive medial quandles.
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Jedlička, P., Pilitowska, A. & Zamojska-Dzienio, A. Free medial quandles. Algebra Univers. 78, 43–54 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-017-0443-2
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