Department of Mathematics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel ; Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
Abstract:
We determine all isomorphisms between the endomorphism semigroups of free monoids or free semigroups and prove that automorphisms of the endomorphism semigroup of a free monoid or a free semigroup are inner or ``mirror inner". In particular, we answer a question of B. I. Plotkin.