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 -class and each -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.
Cite
@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