On algebras of <Emphasis Type="Italic">P</Emphasis>-Ehresmann semigroups and their associate partial semigroups

P-Ehresmann semigroups are introduced by Jones as a common generalization of Ehresmann semigroups and regular \(*\)-semigroups. Ehresmann semigroups and their semigroup algebras are investigated by many authors in literature. In particular, Stein shows that under some finiteness condition, the semigroup algebra of an Ehresmann semigroup with a left (or right) restriction condition is isomorphic to the category algebra of the corresponding Ehresmann category. In this paper, we generalize this result to P-Ehresmann semigroups. More precisely, we show that for a left (or right) P-restriction locally Ehresmann P-Ehresmann semigroup \(\mathbf{S}\), if its projection set is principally finite, then we can give an algebra isomorphism between the semigroup algebra of \(\mathbf{S}\) and the partial semigroup algebra of the associate partial semigroup of \(\mathbf{S}\). Some interpretations and necessary examples are also provided to show why the above isomorphism dose not work for more general P-Ehresmann semigroups.     

Semilattice indecomposable finite semigroups with large subsemilattices

We show that if Y is a subsemilattice of a finite semilattice indecomposable semigroup S then \({|Y|\leq 2\left\lfloor \frac{|S|-1}{4}\right\rfloor+1}\). We also characterize finite semilattice indecomposable semigroups S which contain a subsemilattice Y with \({|S|=4k+1}\) and \({|Y|=2\left\lfloor \frac{|S|-1}{4} \right\rfloor+1=2k+1}\). They are special inverse semigroups. Our investigation is based on our new result proved in this paper which characterizes finite semilattice indecomposable semigroups with a zero by using only the properties of its semigroup algebra.     

Free <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-Tuple Semigroups

The present paper is devoted to the study of n-tuple semigroups. A free n-tuple semigroup of arbitrary rank is constructed and, as a consequence, singly generated free n-tuple semigroups are characterized. Moreover, examples of n-tuple semigroups are presented, the independence of the n-tuple semigroup axioms is proved, and it is shown that the natural semigroups of the constructed free n-tuple semigroup are isomorphic and the automorphism group of this n-tuple semigroup is isomorphic to a symmetric group.     

Restriction semigroups and $$\lambda $$-Zappa-Szép products

The aim of this paper is to study \(\lambda \)-semidirect and \(\lambda \)-Zappa-Szép products of restriction semigroups. The former concept was introduced for inverse semigroups by Billhardt, and has been extended to some classes of left restriction semigroups. The latter was introduced, again in the inverse case, by Gilbert and Wazzan. We unify these concepts by considering what we name the scaffold of a Zappa-Szép product \(S\bowtie T\) where S and T are restriction. Under certain conditions this scaffold becomes a category. If one action is trivial, or if S is a semilattice and T a monoid, the scaffold may be ordered so that it becomes an inductive category. A standard technique, developed by Lawson and based on the Ehresmann-Schein-Nambooripad result for inverse semigroups, allows us to define a product on our category. We thus obtain restriction semigroups that are \(\lambda \)-semidirect products and \(\lambda \)-Zappa-Szép products, extending the work of Billhardt and of Gilbert and Wazzan. Finally, we explicate the internal structure of \(\lambda \)-semidirect products.     

Generalised domain and <Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>-inverse semigroups

A generalised D-semigroup is here defined to be a left E-semiabundant semigroup S in which the \(\overline{\mathcal R}_E\)-class of every \(x\in S\) contains a unique element D(x) of E, made into a unary semigroup. Two-sided versions are defined in the obvious way in terms of \(\overline{\mathcal R}_E\) and \(\overline{\mathcal L}_E\). The resulting class of unary (bi-unary) semigroups is shown to be a finitely based variety, properly containing the variety of D-semigroups (defined in an order-theoretic way in Communications in Algebra, 3979–4007, 2014). Important subclasses associated with the regularity and abundance properties are considered. The full transformation semigroup \(T_X\) can be made into a generalised D-semigroup in many natural ways, and an embedding theorem is given. A generalisation of inverse semigroups in which inverses are defined relative to a set of idempotents arises as a special case, and a finite equational axiomatisation of the resulting unary semigroups is given.     

The free idempotent generated locally inverse semigroup

In this paper we construct a model for the free idempotent generated locally inverse semigroup on a set X. The elements of this model are special vertex-labeled bipartite trees with a pair of distinguished vertices. To describe this model, we need first to introduce a variation of a model for the free pseudosemilattice on a set X presented in Auinger and Oliveira (On the variety of strict pseudosemilattices. Stud Sci Math Hungarica 50:207–241, 2013). A construction of a graph associated with a regular semigroup was presented in Brittenham et al. (Subgroups of free idempotent generated semigroups need not be free. J Algebra 321:3026–3042, 2009) in order to give a first example of a free regular idempotent generated semigroup on a biordered set E with non-free maximal subgroups. If G is the graph associated with the free pseudosemilattice on X, we shall see that the models we present for the free pseudosemilattice on X and for the free idempotent generated locally inverse semigroup on X are closely related with the graph G.     

The principal bundles over an inverse semigroup

This paper is a contribution to the development of the theory of representations of inverse semigroups in toposes. It continues the work initiated by Funk and Hofstra (Theory Appl Categ 24(7):117–147, 2010). For the topos of sets, we show that torsion-free functors on Loganathan’s category L(S) of an inverse semigroup S are equivalent to a special class of non-strict representations of S, which we call connected. We show that the latter representations form a proper coreflective subcategory of the category of all non-strict representations of S. We describe the correspondence between directed and pullback preserving functors on L(S) and transitive and effective representations of S, as well as between filtered such functors and universal representations introduced by Lawson, Margolis and Steinberg. We propose a definition of a universal representation, or, equivalently, an S-torsor, of an inverse semigroup S in the topos of sheaves \({\mathsf {Sh}}(X)\) on a topological space X. We prove that the category of filtered functors from L(S) to the topos \({\mathsf {Sh}}(X)\) is equivalent to the category of universal representations of S in \({\mathsf {Sh}}(X)\). We finally propose a definition of an inverse semigroup action in an arbitrary Grothendieck topos, which arises from a functor on L(S).     

Module operator virtual diagonals on the Fourier algebra of an inverse semigroup

For an amenable inverse semigroup S with the set of idempotents E and a minimal idempotent, we explicitly construct a contractive and positive module operator virtual diagonal on the Fourier algebra A(S), as a completely contractive Banach algebra and operator module over \(\ell ^1(E)\). This generalizes a well known result of Zhong-Jin Ruan on operator amenability of the Fourier algebra of a (discrete) group Ruan (Am J Math 117:1449–1474, 1995).     

A unifying approach to the Margolis–Meakin and Birget–Rhodes group expansion

Let G be a group. We show that the Birget–Rhodes prefix expansion \(G^{Pr}\) and the Margolis–Meakin expansion M(X; f) of G with respect to \(f:X\rightarrow G\) can be regarded as inverse subsemigroups of a common E-unitary inverse semigroup P. We construct P as an inverse subsemigroup of an E-unitary inverse monoid \(U/\zeta \) which is a homomorphic image of the free product U of the free semigroup \(X^+\) on X and G. The semigroup P satisfies a universal property with respect to homomorphisms into the permissible hull C(S) of a suitable E-unitary inverse semigroup S, with \(S/\sigma _S=G\), from which the characterizing universal properties of \(G^{Pr}\) and M(X; f) can be recaptured easily.     

Strict topology on locally compact semigroups

Let S be a locally compact Hausdorff semigroup, and \(\mathfrak {A}\) a solid subalgebra of measure algebra M(S). In this paper, among other results, we find necessary and sufficient conditions on S that implies \(\mathfrak {A}\) is a semi-topological or a topological algebra with respect to the strict topology on M(S). Applications to discrete semigroups, Brandt semigroups and Clifford semigroups are given. An example establishes negatively the open question of Maghsoudi (Semigroup Forum 86:133–139, 2012). Also, we give a correct proof of Proposition 2.1 of Maghsoudi (2012).     

Pseudo-amenability of certain semigroup algebras

In this paper, we investigate the pseudo-amenability of semigroup algebra ? ¹(S), where S is an inverse semigroup with uniformly locally finite idempotent set. In particular, we show that for a Brandt semigroup \(S={\mathcal{M}}^{0}(G,I)\), the pseudo-amenability of ? ¹(S) is equivalent to the amenability of G.     

On generalized inverse transversals

Let S be a regular semigroup, S° an inverse subsemigroup of S.S° is called a generalized inverse transversal of S, if V（x）∩S°≠Ф. In this paper, some properties of this kind of semigroups are discussed. In particular, a construction theorem is obtained which contains some recent results in the literature as its special cases.     

Sets satisfying the Central Sets Theorem

Central subsets of a discrete semigroup S have very strong combinatorial properties which are a consequence of the Central Sets Theorem . We investigate here the class of semigroups that have a subset with zero Følner density which satisfies the conclusion of the Central Sets Theorem. We show that this class includes any direct sum of countably many finite abelian groups as well as any subsemigroup of (?,+) which contains ?. We also show that if S and T are in this class and either both are left cancellative or T has a left identity, then S×T is in this class. We also extend a theorem proved in (Beiglböck et al. in Topology Appl., to appear), which states that, if p is an idempotent in β? whose members have positive density, then every member of p satisfies the Central Sets Theorem. We show that this holds for all commutative semigroups. Finally, we provide a simple elementary proof of the fact that any commutative semigroup satisfies the Strong Følner Condition.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis><Superscript>*</Superscript>-dense <Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>-semigroups

We investigate E^*-dense semi\-groups as analogues of E-densesemigroupsfor semigroups with zero. We give a characterisation theorem forE^*-dense semigroups whose idempotents form a *-rectangularband. The construction methods of generalised Rees matrix semigroupsare employed to provide examples and illustrations. Our results areanalogous to those of Weipoltshammer for E-dense semigroups.     

The Injective Leavitt Complex

For a finite quiver Q without sinks, we consider the corresponding finite dimensional algebra A with radical square zero. We construct an explicit compact generator for the homotopy category of acyclic complexes of injective A-modules. We call such a generator the injective Leavitt complex of Q. This terminology is justified by the following result: the differential graded endomorphism algebra of the injective Leavitt complex of Q is quasi-isomorphic to the Leavitt path algebra of Q. Here, the Leavitt path algebra is naturally \(\mathbb {Z}\)-graded and viewed as a differential graded algebra with trivial differential.     

Characteristic modules and tensor products over quasi-hereditary algebras

Let A be a monomial quasi-hereditary algebra with a pure strong exact Borel subalgebra B.It is proved that the category of induced good modules over B is contained in the category of good modules over A;that the characteristic module of A is an induced module of that of B via the exact functor-(?)_B A if and only if the induced A-module of an injective B-module remains injective as a B-module.Moreover,it is shown that an exact Borel subalgebra of a basic quasi-hereditary serial algebra is right serial and that the characteristic module of a basic quasi-hereditary serial algebra is exactly the induced module of that of its exact Borel subalgebra.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>*-Algebras Generated by Mappings. Criterion of Irreducibility

We study the operator algebra associated with a self-mapping ? on a countable set X which can be represented as a directed graph. The algebra is generated by the family of partial isometries acting on the corresponding l²(X). We study the structure of involutive semigroup multiplicatively generated by the family of partial isometries. We formulate the criterion when the algebra is irreducible on the Hilbert space. We consider the concrete examples of operator algebras. In particular, we give the examples of nonisomorphic C*-algebras, which are the extensions by compact operators of the algebra of continuous functions on the unit circle.     

Fundamental Ehresmann semigroups

\noindent The celebrated construction by Munn of a fundamental inverse semigroup T _E from a semilattice E provides an important tool in the study of inverse semigroups. We present here a semigroup C _E that plays the T _E role for Ehresmann semigroups. Inverse semigroups are Ehresmann, as are those that are adequate, weakly ample or weakly hedged. We describe explicitly the semigroups C _E for some specific semilattices E and extract information relating to the corresponding classes of Ehresmann semigroups. October 13, 1999     

On the homomorphisms of power-set <Emphasis Type="Italic">Q</Emphasis>-algebras

We continue the study of homomorphisms between power-set Q-algebras. First, by means of decomposed ul-Q-relations between ordered semigroups we give a general characterization for the homomorphisms between power-set Q-algebras. Also, we consider a new category OSGRP whose objects are ordered semigroups and whose morphisms are decomposed ul-Q-relations, and discuss the relationship between the category OSGRP and the category Q-Alg of Q-algebras.