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Division theorems for inverse and pseudo-inverse semigroups

Part of: Semigroups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

F. Pastijn
Affiliation:
Dienst Hogere Meetkunde, Rijksuniversiteit te Gent, Krijgslaan 271, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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Abstract

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We show that every inverse semigroup is an idempotent separating homomorphic image of a convex inverse subsemigroup of a P-semigroup P(G, L, L), where G acts transitively on L. This division theorem for inverse semigroups can be applied to obtain a division theorem for pseudo-inverse semigroups.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1981

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