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Groups that together with any transformation generate regular semigroups or idempotent generated semigroups

Group Theory 2009-11-04 v1

Abstract

Let aa be a non-invertible transformation of a finite set and let GG be a group of permutations on that same set. Then \gensetG,aG\genset{G, a}\setminus G is a subsemigroup, consisting of all non-invertible transformations, in the semigroup generated by GG and aa. Likewise, the conjugates ag=g1aga^g=g^{-1}ag of aa by elements gGg\in G generate a semigroup denoted \gensetaggG\genset{a^g | g\in G}. We classify the finite permutation groups GG on a finite set XX such that the semigroups \gensetG,a\genset{G,a}, \gensetG,aG\genset{G, a}\setminus G, and \gensetaggG\genset{a^g | g\in G} are regular for all transformations of XX. We also classify the permutation groups GG on a finite set XX such that the semigroups \gensetG,aG\genset{G, a}\setminus G and \gensetaggG\genset{a^g | g\in G} are generated by their idempotents for all non-invertible transformations of XX.

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@article{arxiv.0911.0445,
  title  = {Groups that together with any transformation generate regular semigroups or idempotent generated semigroups},
  author = {Joao Araujo and J. D. Mitchell and Csaba Schneider},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.0445},
  year   = {2009}
}
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