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A characterisation of semigroups with only countably many subdirect products with $\mathbb{Z}$

Group Theory 2024-04-30 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let Z\mathbb{Z} be the additive (semi)group of integers. We prove that for a finite semigroup SS the direct product Z×S\mathbb{Z}\times S contains only countably many subdirect products (up to isomorphism) if and only if SS is regular. As a corollary we show that Z×S\mathbb{Z}\times S has only countably many subsemigroups (up to isomorphism) if and only if SS is completely regular.

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@article{arxiv.2404.18122,
  title  = {A characterisation of semigroups with only countably many subdirect products with $\mathbb{Z}$},
  author = {Ashley Clayton and Catherine Reilly and Nik Ruškuc},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.18122},
  year   = {2024}
}