Ordinal semigroups
Logic
2026-05-28 v1 Group Theory
Rings and Algebras
Abstract
In a previous paper we introduced a version of associativity for a partial infinitary operation. We prove here that if is an infinite ordinal and some associative infinitary operation is defined for all sequences indexed by ordinals , then such an operation can be uniquely expanded to apply to every sequence indexed by any ordinal of cardinality . In particular, if some associative operation is defined for all finite sequences as well as for all -indexed sequences, then the operation can be uniquely expanded to apply to every sequence indexed by a countable ordinal.
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@article{arxiv.2605.28419,
title = {Ordinal semigroups},
author = {Paolo Lipparini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.28419},
year = {2026}
}
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11 pages