On global isomorphisms and a closure property of semigroups
Rings and Algebras
2025-10-02 v1 Combinatorics
Number Theory
Abstract
Let be a semigroup (written multiplicatively). Endowed with the operation of setwise multiplication induced by on its parts, the non-empty subsets of form themselves a semigroup, denoted by . Accordingly, we say that a semigroup is globally isomorphic to a semigroup if is isomorphic to ; and that a class of semigroups is globally closed if a semigroup in can only be globally isomorphic to an isomorphic copy of a semigroup in the same class. We show that the classes of groups, torsion-free monoids, and numerical monoids are each globally closed. The first result extends a 1967 theorem of Shafer, while the last relies non-trivially on the second and on a classical theorem of Kneser from additive number theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2510.00772,
title = {On global isomorphisms and a closure property of semigroups},
author = {Lingxi Li and Salvatore Tringali},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.00772},
year = {2025}
}
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