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We provide an example of minimum size of a finite semigroup with $\mathcal{J}^{\ast}\neq\mathcal{D}^{\ast}$. We introduce the notion of starred stability and prove that every starred stable semigroup has…

Let $\mathcal P(S)$ be the semigroup obtained by equipping the family of all non-empty subsets of a (multiplicatively written) semigroup $S$ with the operation of setwise multiplication induced by $S$ itself. We call a subsemigroup $P$ of…

We fix a field $\kk$ of characteristic $p$. For a finite group $G$ denote by $\delta(G)$ and $\sigma(G)$ respectively the minimal number $d$, such that for any finite dimensional representation $V$ of $G$ over $\kk$ and any $v\in…

A numerical semigroup $S$ is a cofinite, additively-closed subset of $\mathbb Z_{\ge 0}$ that contains 0, and a factorization of $x \in S$ is a $k$-tuple $z = (z_1, \ldots, z_k)$ where $x = z_1a_1 + \cdots + z_ka_k$ expresses $x$ as a sum…

Let $T(X)$ be the full transformation semigroup on a set $X$, and let $L(V)$ be the semigroup under composition of all linear transformations on a vector space $V$ over a field. For a subset $Y$ of $X$ and a subspace $W$ of $V$, consider…

The t-class semigroup of an integral domain R, denoted S_t(R), is the semigroup of fractional t-ideals modulo its subsemigroup of nonzero principal ideals with the operation induced by ideal t-multiplication. We recently proved that if R is…

An element e of an ordered semigroup $(S,\cdot,\leq)$ is called an ordered idempotent if $e\leq e^2$. We call an ordered semigroup $S$ idempotent ordered semigroup if every element of $S$ is an ordered idempotent. Every idempotent semigroup…

Let $S$ and $\Delta$ be numerical semigroups. A numerical semigroup $S$ is an $\mathbf{I}(\Delta)$-{\it semigroup} if $S\backslash \{0\}$ is an ideal of $\Delta$. We will denote by $\mathcal{J}(\Delta)=\{S \mid S \text{ is an…

Partial rigidity is a quantitative notion of recurrence and provides a global obstruction which prevents the system from being strongly mixing. A dynamical system $(X, \mathcal{X}, \mu, T)$ is partially rigid if there is a constant $\delta…

Suppose $\ell$ is a prime number, ${\mathbf Q}_\ell$ is the field of $\ell$-adic numbers, ${\mathbf F}_\ell$ is the finite field of $\ell$ elements, and $d$ is a positive integer. Suppose $G$ is a finite subgroup of a symplectic group…

Let $D$ be a subset of a finite commutative ring $R$ with identity. Let $f(x)\in R[x]$ be a polynomial of positive degree $d$. For integer $0\leq k \leq |D|$, we study the number $N_f(D,k,b)$ of $k$-subsets $S\subseteq D$ such that…

The Cauchy-Davenport theorem states that for any two nonempty subsets A and B of Z/pZ we have |A+B| >= min{p,|A|+|B|-1}, where A+B:={a+b (mod p) | a in A, b in B}. We generalize this result from Z/pZ to arbitrary finite (including…

Let $\Gamma$ be a countable group and $\mathrm{Sub}(\Gamma)$ its Chabauty space, namely the compact $\Gamma$-space consisting of all subgroups of $\Gamma$. We call a subgroup $\Delta \in \mathrm{Sub}(\Gamma)$ a boomerang subgroup if for…

In this paper we show that if $I$ is an ideal of a commutative semigroup $C$ such that the separator $SepI$ of $I$ is not empty then the factor semigroup $S=C/P_I$ ($P_I$ is the principal congruence on $C$ defined by $I$) satisfies…

For an abelian group $G$ and an integer $t > 0$, the \emph{modified Erd\"os--Ginzburg--Ziv constant} $s_t'(G)$ is the smallest integer $\ell$ such that any zero-sum sequence of length at least $\ell$ with elements in $G$ contains a zero-sum…

Consider an algebraic semigroup $S$ and its closed subscheme of idempotents, $E(S)$. When $S$ is commutative, we show that $E(S)$ is finite and reduced; if in addition $S$ is irreducible, then $E(S)$ is contained in a smallest closed…

We prove that for all but a certain number of abelian groups of order n its Davenport constant is atmost n/k+k-1 for k=1,2,..,7. For groups of order three we improve on the existing bound involving the Alon-Dubiner constant.

The aim of this article is to study the ideal class monoid $\mathcal{C}\ell(S)$ of a numerical semigroup $S$ introduced by V. Barucci and F. Khouja. We prove new bounds on the cardinality of $\mathcal{C}\ell(S)$. We observe that…

The purpose of this paper is to compute the non-zero semigroup determinant of the class of finite semigroups in which every two idempotents commute. This class strictly contains the class of finite semigroups that have central idempotents…

For a finite abelian group $(G,+)$ the Harborth constant is defined as the smallest integer $\ell$ such that each squarefree sequence over $G$ of length $\ell$ has a subsequence of length equal to the exponent of $G$ whose terms sum to $0$.…