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Growth sequence of globally idemportent semigroups

Part of: Semigroups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

György Pollák
Affiliation:
Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Matematikai Kutató Intézete Budapest, Hungary
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Abstract

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The n–th member of the growth sequence of a globally idempotent finite semigroup without identity element is at least 2n. (This had been conjectured by J. Wiegold.)

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1990

References

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