On the Rank of the Semigroup TE(X)

${\cal T}_X $ denotes the full transformation semigroup on a set $ X $. For a nontrivial equivalence $E$ on $X$, let \ T_E (X) =\{ f\in {\cal T}_X : \forall \, (a,b)\in E,\, (af,bf)\in E \} . \] Then $T_E (X) $ is exactly the semigroup of continuous selfmaps of the topological space $X$ for which the collection of all $E$-classes is a basis. In this paper, we first discuss the rank of the homeomorphism group $G$, and then consider the rank of $T_E (X)$ for a special case that the set $X$ is finite and that each class of the equivalence $E$ has the same cardinality. Finally, the rank of the closed selfmap semigroup $\Gamma(X)$ of the space $X$ is observed. We conclude that the rank of $G$ is no more than 4, the rank of $T_E (X)$ is no more than 6 and the rank of $\Gamma(X)$ is no more than 5.