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The word problem for one-relator semigroups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

James Howie  and
Stephen J. Pride
James Howie
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow
Stephen J. Pride
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow
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Diagrams have been used in group theory by numerous authors, and have led to significant results (see [4] and the references cited there). The idea of applying diagrams to semigroups seems to be more recent [3, 7, 8]. In the present paper we discuss semi group diagrams and use them to obtain results concerning the word problem for one-relator semigroups. The word problem for one-relator groups has been solved by Magnus [6], but the analogous question for semigroups remains open. We are not able to solve the problem in full generality, but have obtained some partial results.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 99 , Issue 1 , January 1986 , pp. 33 - 44
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1986

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