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Idempotent depth in semigroups of order-preserving mappings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Peter M. Higgins
Peter M. Higgins
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, U.K.
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We introduce algorithms for calculating minimum length factorisations of order-preserving mappings on a finite chain into products of idempotents, and into products of idempotents of defect one. The least upper bounds for these lengths are given.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 124 , Issue 5 , 1994 , pp. 1045 - 1058
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1994

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