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On the variety generated by all semirings of order two

Group Theory 2025-07-14 v1

Abstract

There are ten distinct two-element semirings up to isomorphism, denoted L2,R2,M2,D2,N2,T2,Z2,W2,Z7 L_2, R_2, M_2, D_2, N_2, T_2, Z_2, W_2, Z_7 , and Z8 Z_8 (see \cite{bk}). Among these, the multiplicative reductions of M2,D2,W2 M_2, D_2, W_2 , and Z8 Z_8 form semilattices, while the additive reductions of L2,R2,M2,D2,N2 L_2, R_2, M_2, D_2, N_2 , and T2 T_2 are idempotent semilattices, commonly referred to as \emph{idempotent semirings}. In 2015, Vechtomov and Petrov \cite{vp} studied the variety generated by M2,D2,W2 M_2, D_2, W_2 , and Z8 Z_8 , proving that it is finitely based. In the same year, Shao and Ren \cite{srii} examined the variety generated by the six idempotent semirings, demonstrating that every subvariety of this variety is finitely based. This paper systematically investigates the variety generated by all ten two-element semirings. We prove that this variety contains exactly 480 subvarieties, each of which is finitely based.

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@article{arxiv.2507.08381,
  title  = {On the variety generated by all semirings of order two},
  author = {Aifa Wang and Lili Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.08381},
  year   = {2025}
}