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The transitivity of primary conjugacy in a class of semigroups

Group Theory 2019-11-19 v1

Abstract

Elements a,ba,b of a semigroup SS are said to be \emph{primarily conjugate} or just \emph{p-conjugate}, if there exist x,yS1x,y\in S^1 such that a=xya=xy and b=yxb=yx. The p-conjugacy relation generalizes conjugacy in groups, but for general semigroups, it is not transitive. Finding the classes of semigroups in which this notion is transitive is an open problem. The aim of this note is to show that for semigroups satisfying xy{yx,(xy)n}xy\in\{yx, (xy)^n\} for some n>1n>1, primary conjugacy is transitive.

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@article{arxiv.1911.07296,
  title  = {The transitivity of primary conjugacy in a class of semigroups},
  author = {Maria Borralho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.07296},
  year   = {2019}
}