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Kaluzhnin-Krasner embedding theorem for monoids

Category Theory 2026-07-13 v1

Abstract

We study Schreier extensions of monoids and establish a Kaluzhnin--Krasner embedding theorem for Schreier extensions. First, we prove that the category of monoids is not locally algebraically cartesian closed (LACC) and that a monoid is algebraically exponentiable in the category of monoids if and only if it is a Dedekind-finite monoid. Second, we recall that the category of extensions of monoids is SS-LACC with SS the class of Schreier extensions, which defines a wreath product ABA \wr B for any two monoids. Finally, we prove a Kaluzhnin-Krasner embedding theorem for Schreier extensions that are not necessarily split, i.e. given any Schreier extension AGBA \hookrightarrow G \twoheadrightarrow B of monoids, there is a monomorphism ϕG ⁣:GAB\phi_G \colon G \hookrightarrow A \wr B, which is part of a morphism of extensions. The proof adapts the classical group-theoretic argument by replacing conjugation, which requires inverses, with a substitute made available by the Schreier property, namely, the unique factorization of elements in the fibers of the projection p ⁣:GBp \colon G \twoheadrightarrow B.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.11361,
  title  = {Kaluzhnin-Krasner embedding theorem for monoids},
  author = {Lennert De Baecke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.11361},
  year   = {2026}
}