English

Block-groups and Hall relations

Group Theory 2020-12-29 v2

Abstract

A binary relation on a finite set is called a Hall relation if it contains a permutation of the set. Under the usual relational product, Hall relations form a semigroup which is known to be a block-group, that is, a semigroup with at most one idempotent in each \mathrsfsR\mathrsfs{R}-class and each \mathrsfsL\mathrsfs{L}-class. Here we show that in a certain sense, the converse is true: every block-group divides a semigroup of Hall relations on a finite set.

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@article{arxiv.2009.05627,
  title  = {Block-groups and Hall relations},
  author = {Azza M. Gaysin and Mikhail V. Volkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.05627},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

8 pages; a typo in the formulation of Proposition 3 has been fixed

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