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Embedding a semigroup of transformations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

J. S. V. Symons
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Monash UniversityClayton 3168, Australia
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Let X be an arbitrary set and θ a transformation of X. One may use θ to induce an associative operation in Jx, the set of all mappings of X to itself as follows: . We denote the resulting semigroup by {Jx;θ) Magill (1967) introduced this structure and it has been studied by Sullivan and by myself.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1975

References

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