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On when a topologically simple semigroup is simple

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Kermit Sigmon
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 32611
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Abstract

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The compact semigroups in which each topologically simple subsemigroup is simple are characterized as those in which no subgroup sontains an element of infinite order. It is also shown that a locally compact toplogically simple subsemigroup of a compact semigroup must be simple. The note closes with an open problem.

Subject classification (Amer. Math. Soc. (MOS) 1970): primary 22 A 15; secondary 20 M 10.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1978

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