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Sierpi\'nski rank of the Symmetric inverse semigroup

Group Theory 2012-11-28 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We show that every countable set of partial bijections from an infinite set to itself can be obtained as a composition of just two such partial bijections. This strengthens a result by Higgins, Howie, Mitchell and Ru\v{s}kuc stating that every such countable set of partial bijections may be obtained as the composition of two partial bijections and their inverses.

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@article{arxiv.1211.6284,
  title  = {Sierpi\'nski rank of the Symmetric inverse semigroup},
  author = {James T. Hyde and Yann Péresse},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.6284},
  year   = {2012}
}