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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 August 2021
For every pseudovariety $\mathbf {V}$ of finite monoids, let $\mathbf {LV}$ denote the pseudovariety of all finite semigroups all of whose local submonoids belong to $\mathbf {V}$ . In this paper, it is shown that, for every nontrivial semidirectly closed pseudovariety $\mathbf {V}$ of finite monoids, the pseudovariety $\mathbf {LV}$ of finite semigroups is also semidirectly closed if, and only if, the given pseudovariety $\mathbf {V}$ is local in the sense of Tilson. This finding resolves a long-standing open problem posed in the second volume of the classic monograph by Eilenberg.
This research has been supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic under the project GA19-12790S.