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In this paper, we study definably compact semigroups in o-minimal structures, aiming to extend the theory of definable groups to a broader algebraic setting. We show that any definably compact semigroup contains idempotents and admits a…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-07-28 Eduardo Magalhães

We use language theory to study the rational subset problem for groups and monoids. We show that the decidability of this problem is preserved under graph of groups constructions with finite edge groups. In particular, it passes through…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Mark Kambites , Pedro V. Silva , Benjamin Steinberg

We show that the freeness problems for automaton semigroups and for automaton monoids are undecidable and, thereby, solve an open problem listed by Grigorchuk, Nekrashevych and Sush\-chansk\u{\i}i. We achieve this using a new technique to…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Daniele D'Angeli , Emanuele Rodaro , Jan Philipp Wächter

In this paper, we study algorithmic problems for automaton semigroups and automaton groups related to freeness and finiteness. In the course of this study, we also exhibit some connections between the algebraic structure of automaton…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-10 Daniele D'Angeli , Emanuele Rodaro , Jan Philipp Wächter

A tree automatic structure is a structure whose domain can be encoded by a regular tree language such that each relation is recognisable by a finite automaton processing tuples of trees synchronously. Words can be regarded as specific…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2012-01-25 Martin Huschenbett

We survey results concerning automatic structures for semigroup constructions, providing references and describing the corresponding automatic structures. The constructions we consider are: free products, direct products, Rees matrix…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 I. Andrade , L. Descalço , M. A. Martins

This paper deals with the decidability of semigroup freeness. More precisely, the freeness problem over a semigroup S is defined as: given a finite subset X of S, decide whether each element of S has at most one factorization over X. To…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2012-05-07 Julien Cassaigne , Francois Nicolas

The finiteness problem for automaton groups and semigroups has been widely studied, several partial positive results are known. However we prove that, in the most general case, the problem is undecidable. We study the case of automaton…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2014-03-21 Pierre Gillibert

The rank of a finite semigroup is the smallest number of elements required to generate the semigroup. A formula is given for the rank of an arbitrary (non necessarily regular) Rees matrix semigroup over a group. The formula is expressed in…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-06-09 Robert D. Gray

The set of idempotents of any semigroup carries the structure of a biordered set, which contains a great deal of information concerning the idempotent generated subsemigroup of the semigroup in question. This leads to the construction of a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-01-11 Yang Dandan , Igor Dolinka , Victoria Gould

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

The paper is devoted to the investigation of uniform notion for acts over semigroups perceived as an overclass of subdirectly irreducible acts. We establish conditions to fill the gap between these classes of acts. Besides we prove that…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2019-01-24 Mohammad Roueentan , Mojtaba Sedaghatjoo

We examine the computational complexity of problems in which we are given generators for a partial bijection semigroup and asked to check properties of the generated semigroup. We prove that the following problems are in AC$^0$: (1)…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Trevor Jack

In this paper we deal with the following problem: how does the structure of a finite semigroup $S$ depend on the probability that two elements selected at random from $S$, with replacement, define the same inner right translation of $S$. We…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-10-17 Attila Nagy , Csaba Tóth

This paper studies the classes of semigoups and monoids with context-free and deterministic context-free word problem. First, some examples are exhibited to clarify the relationship between these classes and their connection with the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-03-26 Tara Brough , Alan J. Cain , Markus Pfeiffer

With each semigroup one can associate a partial algebra, called the biordered set, which captures important algebraic and geometric features of the structure of idempotents of that semigroup. For a biordered set $\mathcal{E}$, one can…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-10-07 Igor Dolinka

We obtain a characterization of the binary commutator on completely simple semigroups, using their Rees matrix representation. Consequently, we prove that a regular semigroup is nilpotent (solvable) if and only if it is simple, and all its…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2023-08-22 Jelena Radović , Nebojša Mudrinski

We consider semigroup algorithmic problems in finitely generated metabelian groups. Our paper focuses on three decision problems introduced by Choffrut and Karhum\"{a}ki (2005): the Identity Problem (does a semigroup contain a neutral…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-04-26 Ruiwen Dong

The partial automorphism monoid of an inverse semigroup is an inverse monoid consisting of all isomorphisms between its inverse subsemigroups. We prove that a tightly connected fundamental inverse semigroup $S$ with no isolated nontrivial…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2011-07-26 Simon M. Goberstein

We propose a way of associating to each finitely generated monoid or semigroup a formal language, called its loop problem. In the case of a group, the loop problem is essentially the same as the word problem in the sense of combinatorial…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2019-05-01 Mark Kambites