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A GROUP-EMBEDDABLE NON-AUTOMATIC SEMIGROUP WHOSE UNIVERSAL GROUP IS AUTOMATIC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2006

ALAN J. CAIN
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, United Kingdom e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Answering a question of Hoffmann and of Kambites, an example is exhibited of a finitely generated semigroup $S$ such that $S$ embeds in a group and $S$ is not automatic, but the universal group of $S$ is automatic.

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Type
Research Article
Copyright
2006 Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust