α-Inflatable semigroups

For α∈N with α≥2, we define and characterize α-inflatable semigroups,S and establish that the product (βS/S,·)·(βS/S,·) of Stone-Ĉech remainders does not contain the closure of the minimal ideal of (βS,·), the Stone-Ĉech compactification ofS. From this result, one can easily derive Ruppert's result that the minimal ideal of a compact left-topological semigroup is not necessarily closed. The author gratefully acknowledges support from Delaware State College under Grant No. 6769.