The structure group of an L-algebra is torsion-free

Abstract L-algebras arise in algebraic logic, in the theory of one-sided lattice-ordered groups, and in connection with set-theoretic solutions of the quantum Yang–Baxter equation. They apply in several ways to Garside groups. For example, the set of primitive elements, the set of simple elements, and the negative cone of a Garside group are all L-algebras. Picantin’s iterated crossed product decomposition of Garside groups can be reformulated and extended in terms of L-algebras. It is proved that the structure group of an L-algebra, introduced in connection with the “logic” of ℓ ${\ell}$ -groups, is torsion-free. This applies to the left group of fractions of not necessarily noetherian, Garside-like monoids which need not embed into their ambient group.