(1, 2 ) = T r (1, 1)(TI,~ + T2,3 T~,3 Ta a ) ( T2,2 + T2,3 T~,3 T3,2 ) * Tr(1, 3) = Tr(1, 1)T1,3T~, 3 + Tr(1,2)T2,3T;, 3 Note that the interpretations of these expressions are quite simple. Indeed, Tr(1, i) is exactly the set of the words which corresponds to the permutations mapping 1 on i. COROLLARY V.6 : Let A be an alphabet. Then, the following system : (M), (S), (P(~,,)),,>__2 is a complete system of B-rational identities for A. Example : In order to understand the complexity which is hidden under the identities P(6,~), let us precise the group identity associated with the symmetric group of order 3 : e#3 = {i-- Id, Pl = (123), P2 = (132), al = (23), a2 = (13), a3-- (12)} Then let us consider the following rational expressions constructed over the alphabet which is naturally associated with 63 : T u=a~+a~l T m=ap,+a~ 3 T1,3=ap2+a~ T~,, = ap~ + a~ T2,2 = ai + ao2 T2,3 = ap, + a~, T3,1 = ap~ + ao~ T3,2 = a~ + a~, T3,3 = ai + aa~ Observe that the interpretation of the expression T/j is simply the set of the permutations of 63 that send i on j. With these denotations, we can now give an identity which is equivalent modulo (M), (S) and P(2) to P(e~a) : (hi + ca, + ap, + a~,~ + a~ + co2)* .~ Tr(1,1) + Tr(1,2) + Tr(1,3) where the three expressions Tr(1,1), Tr(1, 2) and Tr(1, 3) stand for : Example from [Krob90]