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Unit regular monoids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

J. B. Hickey
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow, University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QW, Scotland, U.K
M. V. Lawson
Affiliation:
Ysgol Fathemateg, Prifysgol Cymru Bangor, Stryd y Deon, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 1UT, Wales, U.K

Abstract

We derive necessary and sufficient conditions for a unit regular monoid to have a uniquely unit regular, idempotent separating cover.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1997

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