This paper presents a unified framework for determining the congruences on a number of monoids and categories of transformations, diagrams, matrices and braids, and on all their ideals. The key theoretical advances present an iterative process of stacking certain normal subgroup lattices on top of each other to successively build congruence lattices of a chain of ideals. This is applied to several specific categories of: transformations; order/orientation preserving/reversing transformations; partitions; planar/annular partitions; Brauer, Temperley--Lieb and Jones partitions; linear and projective linear transformations; and partial braids. Special considerations are needed for certain small ideals, and technically more intricate theoretical underpinnings for the linear and partial braid categories.
A congruence $\varepsilon$ on a semigroup $S$ is perfect if for any congruence classes $x\varepsilon$ and $y\varepsilon$ their product as subsets of $S$ coincides (as a set) with the congruence class $(xy)\varepsilon$. Perfect congruences on the bicyclic semigroup were found in \cite{key7}. Using the structure of bisimple $ω$-semigroups determined in \cite{key25} and the description of congruences on these semigroups found in \cite{key20} and \cite{key1}, we obtain a complete characterization of perfect congruences on all bisimple $ω$-semigroups, substantially generalizing the above mentioned …
Inverse graph semigroups were defined by Ash and Hall in 1975. They found necessary and sufficient conditions for the semigroups to be congruence free. In this paper we give a description of congruences on a graph inverse semigroup in terms of the underlying graph. As a consequence, we show that the inverse graph semigroup of a finite graph is congruence Noetherian.
Congruences on a graph inverse semigroup were recently described in terms of the underline graph. Based on such descriptions, we show that the lattice of congruences on a graph inverse semigroup is upper semimodular but not lower semimodular.
We prove that every finite semigroup embeds in a finitely presented congruence-free monoid, and pose some questions around the Boone-Higman Conjecture.
We call a semigroup $S$ f-noetherian if every right congruence of finite index on $S$ is finitely generated. We prove that every finitely generated semigroup is f-noetherian, and investigate whether the properties of being f-noetherian and being finitely generated coincide for various semigroup classes.
In this paper we characterize the monoid congruences of commutative semigroups by the help of the notion of the separator of subsets of semigroups. We show that every monoid congruence of a commutative semigroup S can be constructed by the help of subsets A of S whose separator is not empty.
This paper enriches the list of known properties of congruence sequences starting from the universal relation and successively performing the operators lower $k$ and lower $t$. Two series of inverse semigroups, namely $\ker{α_n}$-is-Clifford semigroups and $β_n$-is-over-$E$-unitary semigroups, are investigated. Two congruences, namely $α_{n+2}$ and $β_{n+2}$, are found to be the least $\ker{α_n}$-is-Clifford and least $β_n$-is-over-$E$-unitary congruences on $S$, respectively. A new system of implications is established for the quasivarieties of inverse semigroups induced by the min network.
For a given inverse semigroup, one can associate an étale groupoid which is called the universal groupoid. Our motivation is studying the relation between inverse semigroups and associated étale groupoids. In this paper, we focus on congruences of inverse semigroups, which is a fundamental concept to consider quotients of inverse semigroup. We prove that a congruence of an inverse semigroup induces a closed invariant set and a normal subgroupoid of the universal groupoid. Then we show that the universal groupoid associated to a quotient inverse semigroup is described by the restriction and quo…
A subset A of a semigroup S is called a medial subset of S if xaby is in A if and only if xbay is in A for every elements x, y, a, b of S. In the paper we show how we can construct the commutative monoid congruences of a semigroup S by the help of medial subsets of S.
This paper enriches the list of properties of the congruence sequences starting from the universal relation and successively performing the operations of lower $t$ and lower $k$. Three classes of completely regular semigroups, namely semigroups for which $\kerσ$ is a cryptogroup, semigroups for which $\kerν$ is a cryptogroup and semigroups for which $κ$ is over rectangular bands, are studied. $((ω_t)_k)_t$, $((\mathcal{D}_t)_k)_t$ and $((ω_k)_t)_k$ are found to be the least congruences on $S$ such that the quotient semigroups are semigroups for which $\kerσ$ is a cryptogroup, $\kerν$ is a cryp…
Let Γ be a directed graph and Inv(Γ) be the graph inverse semigroup of Γ. Luo and Wang [7] showed that the congruence lattice C(Inv(Γ)) of any graph inverse semigroup Inv(Γ) is upper semimodular, but not lower semimodular in general. Anagnostopoulou-Merkouri, Mesyan and Mitchell characterized the directed graph Γ for which C(Inv(Γ)) is lower semimodular [2]. In the present paper, we show that the lower semimodularity, modularity and distributivity in the congruence lattice C(Inv(Γ)) of any graph inverse semigroup Inv(Γ) are equivalent.
We introduce a preorder on an inverse semigroup $S$ associated to any normal inverse subsemigroup $N$, that lies between the natural partial order and Green's ${\mathscr J}$-relation. The corresponding equivalence relation $\simeq_N$ is not necessarily a congruence on $S$, but the quotient set does inherit a natural ordered groupoid structure. We show that this construction permits the factorisation of any inverse semigroup homomorphism into a composition of a quotient map and a star-injective functor, and that this decomposition implies a classification of congruences on $S$. We give an appli…
In this paper we define a congruence $η^{\ast}$ on semigroups. For the finite semigroups $S$, $η^{\ast}$ is the smallest congruence relation such that $S/η^{\ast}$ is a nilpotent semigroup (in the sense of Malcev). In order to study the congruence relation $η^{\ast}$ on finite semigroups, we define a $\textbf{CS}$-diagonal finite regular Rees matrix semigroup. We prove that, if $S$ is a $\textbf{CS}$-diagonal finite regular Rees matrix semigroup then $S/η^{\ast}$ is inverse. Also, if $S$ is a completely regular finite semigroup, then $S/η^{\ast}$ is a Clifford semigroup. We show that, for ever…
The semigroup $\mathbf{I}\mathbb{N}_{\infty}$ of all partial co-finite isometries of positive integers is studied. We describe Green's relations on the semigroup $\mathbf{I}\mathbb{N}_{\infty}$, its band and proved that $\mathbf{I}\mathbb{N}_{\infty}$ is a simple $E$-unitary $F$-inverse semigroup. We described the least group congruence $\mathfrak{C}_{\mathbf{mg}}$ on $\mathbf{I}\mathbb{N}_{\infty}$ and proved that the quotient-semigroup $\mathbf{I}\mathbb{N}_{\infty}/\mathfrak{C}_{\mathbf{mg}}$ is isomorphic to the additive group of integers. An example of a non-group congruence on the semigr…
Using Rees index, the subsemigroup growth of free semigroups is investigated. Lower and upper bounds for the sequence are given and it is shown to have superexponential growth of strict type $n^n$ for finite free rank greater than 1. It is also shown that free semigroups have the fastest subsemigroup growth of all finitely generated semigroups. Ideal growth is shown to be exponential with strict type $2^n$ and congruence growth is shown to be at least exponential. In addition we consider the case when the index is fixed and rank increasing, proving that for subsemigroups and ideals this sequen…
On group congruences on the semigroup $\boldsymbol{B}_ω^{\mathscr{F}}$ and its homomorphic retracts in the case when a family $\mathscr{F}$ consists of inductive non-empty subsets of $ω$
In the paper we study inverse semigroups $\mathscr{B}(G)$, $\mathscr{B}^+(G)$, $\bar{\mathscr{B}}(G)$ and $\bar{\mathscr{B}}\,^+(G)$ which are generated by partial monotone injective translations of a positive cone of a linearly ordered group $G$. We describe Green's relations on the semigroups $\mathscr{B}(G)$, $\mathscr{B}^+(G)$, $\bar{\mathscr{B}}(G)$ and $\bar{\mathscr{B}}\,^+(G)$, their bands and show that they are simple, and moreover the semigroups $\mathscr{B}(G)$ and $\mathscr{B}^+(G)$ are bisimple. We show that for a commutative linearly ordered group $G$ all non-trivial congruences …
Given any directed graph E one can construct a graph inverse semigroup G(E), where, roughly speaking, elements correspond to paths in the graph. In this paper we study the semigroup-theoretic structure of G(E). Specifically, we describe the non-Rees congruences on G(E), show that the quotient of G(E) by any Rees congruence is another graph inverse semigroup, and classify the G(E) that have only Rees congruences. We also find the minimum possible degree of a faithful representation by partial transformations of any countable G(E), and we show that a homomorphism of directed graphs can be extend…
A congruence on an inverse semigroup $S$ is determined uniquely by its kernel and trace. Denoting by $ρ_k$ and $ρ_t$ the least congruence on $S$ having the same kernel and the same trace as $ρ$, respectively, and denoting by $ω$ the universal congruence on $S$, we consider the sequence $ω$, $ω_k$, $ω_t$, $(ω_k)_t$, $(ω_t)_k$, $((ω_k)_t)_k$, $((ω_t)_k)_t$, $\cdots$. The quotients $\{S/ω_k\}$, $\{S/ω_t\}$, $\{S/(ω_k)_t\}$, $\{S/(ω_t)_k\}$, $\{S/((ω_k)_t)_k\}$, $\{S/((ω_t)_k)_t\}$, $\cdots$, as $S$ runs over all inverse semigroups, form quasivarieties. This article explores the relationships amon…
An algebraic structure is said to be congruence permutable if its arbitrary congruences $α$ and $β$ satisfy the equation $α\circ β=β\circ α$, where $\circ$ denotes the usual composition of binary relations. For an arbitrary $G$-set $X$ with $G\cap X=\emptyset$, we define a semigroup $(G,X,0)$ with a zero $0$ ($0\notin G\cup X$), and give necessary and sufficient conditions for the congruence permutability of the $G$-set $X$ by the help of the semigroup $(G,X,0)$.
Cross-connection theory provides the construction of a semigroup from its ideal structure using small categories. A concordant semigroup is an idempotent-connected abundant semigroup whose idempotents generate a regular subsemigroup. We characterize the categories arising from the generalised Green relations in the concordant semigroup as consistent categories and describe their interrelationship using cross-connections. Conversely, given a pair of cross-connected consistent categories, we build a concordant semigroup. We use this correspondence to prove a category equivalence between the cate…
The CREAM GAP package computes automorphisms, congruences, endomorphisms and subalgebras of algebras with an arbitrary number of binary and unary operations; it also decides if between two such algebras there exists a monomorphism, an epimorphism, an isomorphism or if one is a divisor of the other. Thus it finds those objects for almost all algebras used in practice (groups, quasigroups in their various signatures, semigroups possibly with many unary operations, fields, semi-rings, quandles, logic algebras, etc). As a one-size-fits-all package, it only relies on universal algebra theorems, wit…
We develop a new approach to random walks on de Bruijn graphs over the alphabet $A$ through right congruences on $A^k$, defined using the natural right action of $A^+$. A major role is played by special right congruences, which correspond to semaphore codes and allow an easier computation of the hitting time. We show how right congruences can be approximated by special right congruences.
This paper concerns a number of diagram categories, namely the partition, planar partition, Brauer, partial Brauer, Motzkin and Temperley-Lieb categories. If $\mathcal K$ denotes any of these categories, and if $σ\in\mathcal K_{nm}$ is a fixed morphism, then an associative operation $\star_σ$ may be defined on $\mathcal K_{mn}$ by $α\star_σβ=ασβ$. The resulting semigroup $\mathcal K_{mn}^σ=(\mathcal K_{mn},\star_σ)$ is called a sandwich semigroup. We conduct a thorough investigation of these sandwich semigroups, with an emphasis on structural and combinatorial properties such as Green's relati…
In the paper the notion of a star partial homeomorphism of a finite dimensional Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^n$ is introduced. We describe the structure of the semigroup $\mathbf{PStH}_{\mathbb{R}^n}$ of star partial homeomorphisms of the space $\mathbb{R}^n.$ The structure of the band of $\mathbf{PStH}_{\mathbb{R}^n}$ and Green's relations on $\mathbf{PStH}_{\mathbb{R}^n}$ are described. We show that $\mathbf{PStH}_{\mathbb{R}^n}$ is a bisimple inverse semigroup and every non-unit congruence on $\mathbf{PStH}_{\mathbb{R}^n}$ is a group congruence.
For semigroup $S$, a commutative congruence $σ_{orient}$ on $S$ and a subsemigroup Orientable($S$) of $S$ were introduced in "Two cancellative commutative congruences and group diagrams", Semigroup Forum (2011) 82: 338-353. Here we demonstrate that when the semigroup is in fact a group $G$, then Orientable($G$) is the commutator subgroup $[G,G]$ and $ G / σ_{orient}$ is the abelian quotient group $G / [G,G]$.
A semigroup $S$ is right noetherian if every right congruence on $S$ is finitely generated. In this paper we present some fundamental properties of right noetherian semigroups, discuss how semigroups relate to their substructures with regard to the property of being right noetherian, and investigate whether this property is preserved under various semigroup constructions.
Fix (not necessarily distinct) objects $i$ and $j$ of a locally small category $S$, and write $S_{ij}$ for the set of all morphisms $i\to j$. Fix a morphism $a\in S_{ji}$, and define an operation $\star_a$ on $S_{ij}$ by $x\star_ay=xay$ for all $x,y\in S_{ij}$. Then $(S_{ij},\star_a)$ is a semigroup, known as a sandwich semigroup, and denoted by $S_{ij}^a$. This article develops a general theory of sandwich semigroups in locally small categories. We begin with structural issues such as regularity, Green's relations and stability, focusing on the relationships between these properties on $S_{ij…
We study the semigroup $\mathscr{I}^{\mathrm{cf}}_λ$ of injective partial cofinite selfmaps of an infinite cardinal $λ$. We show that $\mathscr{I}^{\mathrm{cf}}_λ$ is a bisimple inverse semigroup and each chain of idempotents in $\mathscr{I}^{\mathrm{cf}}_λ$ is contained in a bicyclic subsemigroup of $\mathscr{I}^{\mathrm{cf}}_λ$, we describe the Green relations on $\mathscr{I}^{\mathrm{cf}}_λ$ and we prove that every non-trivial congruence on $\mathscr{I}^{\mathrm{cf}}_λ$ is a group congruence. Also, we describe the structure of the quotient semigroup $\mathscr{I}^{\mathrm{cf}}_λ/σ$, where $σ…
Ehresmann semigroups may be viewed as biunary semigroups equipped with domain and range operations satisfying some equational laws. Motivated by some of the main examples, we here define ordered Ehresmann semigroups, and consider their basic properties as well as special cases in which the order is algebraically definable. In particular, one and two-sided restriction semigroups equipped with their natural orders are characterised within the class of ordered Ehresmann semigroups. The main result is an ESN-style theorem for ordered Ehresmann semigroups with particular reference to the special ca…
Fix sets $X$ and $Y$, and write $\mathcal{PT}_{XY}$ for the set of all partial functions $X\to Y$. Fix a partial function $a:Y\to X$, and define the operation $\star_a$ on $\mathcal{PT}_{XY}$ by $f\star_ag=fag$ for $f,g\in\mathcal{PT}_{XY}$. The sandwich semigroup $(\mathcal{PT}_{XY},\star_a)$ is denoted $\mathcal{PT}_{XY}^a$. We apply general results from Part I to thoroughly describe the structural and combinatorial properties of $\mathcal{PT}_{XY}^a$, as well as its regular and idempotent-generated subsemigroups, Reg$(\mathcal{PT}_{XY}^a)$ and $\mathbb E(\mathcal{PT}_{XY}^a)$. After describ…
In this paper we give a construction for a special type of congruences on commutative semigroups. We apply our result for the multiplicative semigroup of all positive integers.
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 Condition $(*)$: $S$ is a commutative monoid with a zero; The annihilator $A(s)$ of every non identity element $s$ of $S$ contains a non zero element of $S$; $A(s)=A(t)$ implies $s=t$ for every $s, t\in S$. Conversely, if $α$ is a congruence on a commutative semigroup $C$ such that the factor semigroup $S=C/α$ satisfies Condition $(*)$ then there is an ideal $I$ of …
This is an overview of the basics of inverse semigroup theory written for the Workshop on Semigroups and Categories held at the University of Ottawa in 2010.
$E$-Ehresmann semigroups are a commonly studied generalization of inverse semigroups. They are closely related to Ehresmann categories in the same way that inverse semigroups are related to inductive groupoids. We prove that under some finiteness condition, the semigroup algebra of an $E$-Ehresmann semigroup is isomorphic to the category algebra of the corresponding Ehresmann category. This generalizes a result of Steinberg who proved this isomorphism for inverse semigroups and inductive groupoids and a result of Guo and Chen who proved it for ample semigroups. We also characterize $E$-Ehresma…
Ostrowski's theorem implies that $\log(x),\log(x+1),\ldots$ are algebraically independent over $\mathbb{C}(x)$. More generally, for a linear differential or difference equation, it is an important problem to find all algebraic dependencies among a non-zero solution $y$ and particular transformations of $y$, such as derivatives of $y$ with respect to parameters, shifts of the arguments, rescaling, etc. In the present paper, we develop a theory of Tannakian categories with semigroup actions, which will be used to attack such questions in full generality. Deligne studied actions of braid groups o…
Cross-connection is a construction of regular semigroups using certain categories called normal categories which are abstractions of the partially ordered sets of principal left (right) ideals of a semigroup. We describe the cross-connections in the semigroup $Sing(X)$ of all non-invertible transformations on a set $X$. The categories involved are characterized as the powerset category $\mathscr{P}(X)$ and the category of partitions $Π(X)$. We describe these categories and show how a permutation on $X$ gives rise to a cross-connection. Further we prove that every cross-connection between them …
We study congruences of the semigroup $\mathscr{I\!O}\!_{\infty}(\mathbb{Z}^n_{\operatorname{lex}})$ of monotone injective partial selfmaps of the set of $L_n\times_{\operatorname{lex}}\mathbb{Z}$ having co-finite domain and image, where $L_n\times_{\operatorname{lex}}\mathbb{Z}$ is the lexicographic product of $n$-elements chain and the set of integers with the usual linear order. The structure of the sublattice of congruences on $\mathscr{I\!O}\!_{\infty}(\mathbb{Z}^n_{\operatorname{lex}})$ which contain in the least group congruence is described.
In this paper we characterize the congruence associated to the direct sum of all irreducible representations of a finite semigroup over an arbitrary field, generalizing results of Rhodes for the field of complex numbers. Applications are given to obtain many new results, as well as easier proofs of several results in the literature, involving: triangularizability of finite semigroups; which semigroups have (split) basic semigroup algebras, two-sided semidirect product decompositions of finite monoids; unambiguous products of rational languages; products of rational languages with counter; and …
Malcev described the congruences of the monoid $T_n$ of all full transformations on a finite set $X_n=\{1, \dots,n\}$. Since then, congruences have been characterized in various other monoids of (partial) transformations on $X_n$, such as the symmetric inverse monoid $In_n$ of all injective partial transformations, or the monoid $PT_n$ of all partial transformations. The first aim of this paper is to describe the congruences of the direct products $Q_m\times P_n$, where $Q$ and $P$ belong to $\{T, PT,In\}$. Malcev also provided a similar description of the congruences on the multiplicative mon…
A completely simple semigroup S is a semigroup without zero which has no proper ideals and contains a primitive idempotent. It is known that S is a regular semigroup and any completely simple semigroup is isomorphic to the Rees matrix semigroup. In the study of structure theory of regular semigroups, K.S.S. Nambooripad introduced the concept of normal categories to construct the semigroup from its principal left(right) ideals using cross-connections. A normal category C is a small category with subobjects wherein each object of the category has an associated idempotent normal cone and each mor…
In this paper we study the semigroup $\mathscr{I}^{\infty}_λ$ of injective partial selfmaps almost everywhere the identity of a set of infinite cardinality $λ$. We describe the Green relations on $\mathscr{I}^{\infty}_λ$, all (two-sided) ideals and all congruences of the semigroup $\mathscr{I}^{\infty}_λ$. We prove that every Hausdorff hereditary Baire topology $τ$ on $\mathscr{I}^{\infty}_ω$ such that $(\mathscr{I}^{\infty}_ω,τ)$ is a semitopological semigroup is discrete and describe the closure of the discrete semigroup $\mathscr{I}^{\infty}_λ$ in a topological semigroup. Also we show that …
Cross-connection theory propounded by K. S. S. Nambooripad describes the ideal structure of a regular semigroup using the categories of principal left (right) ideals. A variant $\mathscr{T}_X^θ$ of the full transformation semigroup $(\mathscr{T}_X,\cdot)$ for an arbitrary $θ\in \mathscr{T}_X$ is the semigroup $\mathscr{T}_X^θ= (\mathscr{T}_X,\ast)$ with the binary operation $α\ast β= α\cdotθ\cdotβ$ where $α, β\in \mathscr{T}_X$. In this article, we describe the ideal structure of the regular part $Reg(\mathscr{T}_X^θ)$ of the variant of the full transformation semigroup using cross-connections…
In the paper we investigate the semigroup of monotone co-finite partial homeomorphisms of the space of the usual real line $\mathbb{R}$. We prove that the inverse semigroup $\mathscr{P\!\!H}^+_{\!\!\operatorname{\textsf{cf}}}\!(\mathbb{R})$ is factorizable and $F$-inverse. We describe the structure of the band of the semigroup $\mathscr{P\!\!H}^+_{\!\!\operatorname{\textsf{cf}}}\!(\mathbb{R})$, its two-sided ideals, maximal subgroups and Green's relations. We prove that the quotient semigroup $\mathscr{P\!\!H}^+_{\!\!\operatorname{\textsf{cf}}}\!(\mathbb{R})/\mathfrak{C}_{\textsf{mg}}$, where …
