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On semi-groups in which xr = x

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. A. Green
Affiliation:
Victoria UniversityManchester
D. Rees
Affiliation:
Downing CollegeCambridge

Extract

In this note we are concerned with the semi-group Snr, generated by n of its elements, in which each element x satisfies the equation xr = x, the semi-group being otherwise free. The main result proved is that the proposition

(Ar) Snris finite for all finite n, is equivalent to the proposition

(Br) the group Bn, r−1, generated by n of its elements, in which each element x satisfies the equation xr−1 = 1, the group being otherwise free, is finite for all finite n.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1952

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