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We introduce the notion of the space of parallel strings with partially summable labels, which can be viewed as a geometrically constructed group completion of the space of particles with labels. We utilize this to construct a machinery…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2009-03-27 Shingo Okuyama , Kazuhisa Shimakawa

This article describes the *Confluence Framework*, a novel framework for proving and disproving confluence using a divide-and-conquer modular strategy, and its implementation in CONFident. Using this approach, we are able to automatically…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Raúl Gutiérrez , Salvador Lucas , Miguel Vítores

A Puiseux monoid is an additive submonoid of the real line consisting of rationals. We say that a Puiseux monoid is reciprocal if it can be generated by the reciprocals of the terms of a strictly increasing sequence of pairwise relatively…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2021-12-09 Cecilia Aguilera , Marly Gotti , Andre F. Hamelberg

This article deals with the notion of factorability. Elements of a factorable group or monoid possess a normal form, which leads to a small complex homotopy equivalent to its bar complex, thus computing its homology. We investigate the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-12-10 Alexander Heß , Viktoriya Ozornova

This paper investigates the class of finitely presented monoids defined by homogeneous (length-preserving) relations from a computational perspective. The properties of admitting a finite complete rewriting system, having finite derivation…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-05-16 Alan J. Cain , Robert Gray , António Malheiro

In this paper, we construct a partial group \(\mathcal{P}(F)\) that represents the "partial symmetry" inherent in a subset \(F\) of \(d\)-dimensional Euclidean space. In cases where \(F\) is not connected, \(\mathcal{P}(F)\) captures more…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-08-27 Takahiro Hayashi

We prove that checking if a partial matrix is partial totally positive is co-NP-complete. This contrasts with checking a conventional matrix for total positivity, for which we provide a cubic time algorithm. Checking partial sign regularity…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Daniel Carter , Charles Johnson

We study congruences on the partial automorphism monoid of a finite rank free group action. We give a decomposition of a congruence on this monoid into a Rees congruence, a congruence on a Brandt semigroup and an idempotent separating…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2020-02-04 Matthew D G K Brookes

Rewriting methods have been developed for the study of coherence for algebraic objects. This consists in starting with a convergent presentation, and expliciting a family of generating confluences to obtain a coherent presentation -- one…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2021-11-24 Uran Meha

Driven by the interest of reasoning about probabilistic programming languages, we set out to study a notion of unicity of normal forms for them. To provide a tractable proof method for it, we define a property of distribution confluence…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-11-06 Alejandro Díaz-Caro , Guido Martínez

Partial words are sequences over a finite alphabet that may contain wildcard symbols, called holes, which match or are compatible with all letters; partial words without holes are said to be full words (or simply words). Given an infinite…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2011-08-19 Francine Blanchet-Sadri , Aleksandar Chakarov , Lucas Manuelli , Jarett Schwartz , Slater Stich

We give a criterion of the semisimplicity of a p-adic unitary representation of a topological monoid by the reduction of the associated operator algebra.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-12-25 Tomoki Mihara

Arithmetical congruence monoids, which arise in non-unique factorization theory, are multiplicative monoids $M_{a,b}$ consisting of all positive integers $n$ satsfying $n \equiv a \bmod b$. In this paper, we examine the asymptotic behavior…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-06 Jacob Hartzer , Christopher O'Neill

A rewriting system is a set of equations over a given set of terms called rules that characterize a system of computation and is a powerful general method for providing decision procedures of equational theories, based upon the principle of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 A. Heyworth , M. Johnson

We study arithmetic properties of factorizations of elements into products of generators, in monoids given with explicit presentations. After relating and comparing this perspective to the more usual approach of factoring into products of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Alfred Geroldinger , Zachary Mesyan

Reductions combine collections of inputs with an associative (and here, also commutative) operator to produce collections of outputs. When the same value contributes to multiple outputs, there is an opportunity to reuse partial results,…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2024-11-27 Louis Narmour , Ryan Job , Tomofumi Yuki , Sanjay Rajopadhye

If $H$ is a numerical semigroup (that is, a cofinite subset of the non-negative integers closed under addition), then the non-empty subsets of $H$ form a semigroup $\mathcal P(H)$ under the sumset operation induced by addition in $H$.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-30 Salvatore Tringali , Kerou Wen

The twisted partition monoid $\mathcal{P}_n^\Phi$ is an infinite monoid obtained from the classical finite partition monoid $\mathcal{P}_n$ by taking into account the number of floating components when multiplying partitions. The main…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2021-10-27 James East , Nik Ruskuc

It is well-known that small categories have equivalent descriptions as partial monoids. We provide a formulation of partial monoid and partial monoid homomorphism involving $s$ and $t$ instead of identities and then following a recent…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2015-03-02 Rachel A. D. Martins

A Puiseux monoid is an additive submonoid of the nonnegative rational numbers. If $M$ is a Puiseux monoid, then the question of whether each non-invertible element of $M$ can be written as a sum of irreducible elements (that is, $M$ is…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2020-05-19 Scott T. Chapman , Felix Gotti , Marly Gotti