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On commutative semigroup algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

W. D. Munn
W. D. Munn
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University of Glasgow
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This paper is concerned with the problem of finding necessary and sufficient conditions on a commutative semigroup S for the algebra FS of S over a field F to be semiprimitive (Jacobson semisimple).

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 93 , Issue 2 , March 1983 , pp. 237 - 246
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1983

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