Graph monoids

A graph semigroup refers to a monoid whose defining relations are of the form x_ix_j=x_jx_i. We describe the centralizer of an arbitrary element of a graph semigroup, show that there exists a unique factorization of any element into commuting parts, and prove related results. Dedicated to L. M. Gluskin on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday     

Graph expansions of unipotent monoids

Margolis and Meakin use the Cayley graph of a group presentation to construct E-unitary inverse monoids [11]. This is the technique we refer to as graph expansion. In this paper we consider graph expansions of unipotent monoids, where a monoid is unipotent if it contains a unique idempotent. The monoids arising in this way are E-unitary and belong to the quasivariety of weakly left ample monoids. We give a number of examples of such monoids. We show that the least unipotent congruence on a weakly left ample monoid is given by the same formula as that for the least group congruence on an inverse monoid and we investigate the notion of proper for weakly left ample monoids.

Using graph expansions we construct a functor F^e from the category U of unipotent monoids to the category PWLA of proper weakly left ample monoids. The functor F^e is an expansion in the sense of Birget and Rhodes [2]. If we equip proper weakly left ample monoids with an extra unary operation and denote the corresponding category by PWLA ⁰ then regarded as a functor U→PWLA ⁰ F^e is a left adjoint of the functor F^σ : PWLA ⁰ → U that takes a proper weakly left ample monoid to its greatest unipotent image.

Our main result uses the covering theorem of [8] to construct free weakly left ample monoids.     

Endomorphism monoids of free acts and O-wreath products of monoids

Monoids and acts which may have zero elements are considered. In Section 1 we construct a O-wreath product of monoids. In 2 we prove the theorem that the endomorphism monoid of a free act over a monoid with zero can be represented as a O-wreath product. Considering monoids with tero we are interested in their annihilator properties. In 3 we give necessary and sufficient conditions for a O-wreath product of monoids to be a right (left) Baer (Rickart) monoid. In 4 we obtain as a consequence corresponding conditions for the endomorphism monoid of a free act over a monoid with zero.     

Orthodox semidirect products and wreath products of monoids

Communicated by H.-J. Hoehnke     

A note on orthodox semidirect products and wreath products of monoids

In the present note, we show that the restriction which Saito imposed on S in [3] is not necessary: S may be a semigroup without unity. Secondly, we investigate the wreath products of semigroups and obtain our main results, Theroem 2.3 and Corollary 2.4. We find also that groups in [3] may be replaced by right groups in [1]. Undefined terminology and notation may be found in [3] and [1] unlesss otherwise stated.     

Malcev products of unipotent monoids and varieties of bands

Let \(\mathcal{U}\) be the class of all unipotent monoids and \(\mathcal{B}\) the variety of all bands. We characterize the Malcev product \(\mathcal{U} \circ \mathcal{V}\) where \(\mathcal{V}\) is a subvariety of \(\mathcal{B}\) low in its lattice of subvarieties, \(\mathcal{B}\) itself and the subquasivariety \(\mathcal{S} \circ \mathcal{RB}\), where \(\mathcal{S}\) stands for semilattices and \(\mathcal{RB}\) for rectangular bands, in several ways including by a set of axioms. For members of some of them we describe the structure as well. This succeeds by using the relation \(\widetilde{\mathcal{H}}= \widetilde{\mathcal{L}} \cap \widetilde{\mathcal{R}}\), where \(a\;\,\widetilde{\mathcal{L}}\;\,b\) if and only if a and b have the same idempotent right identities, and \(\widetilde{\mathcal{R}}\) is its dual.We also consider \((\mathcal{U} \circ \mathcal{RB}) \circ \mathcal{S}\) which provides the motivation for this study since \((\mathcal{G} \circ \mathcal{RB}) \circ \mathcal{S}\) coincides with completely regular semigroups, where \(\mathcal{G}\) is the variety of all groups. All this amounts to a generalization of the latter: \(\mathcal{U}\) instead of \(\mathcal{G}\).     

幺半群左正则纯整半直积上的同余

研究了幺半群半直积上的同余，给出了幺半群半直积的所谓同余分解定理，并特别讨论了幺半群左正则纯整半直积及其子类上的同余．     

Minimal but inefficient presentations of the semi-direct products of some monoids

In recent papers of Ruskuc, Saito and J. Wang, the semi-direct product of two arbitrary monoids and a standard presentation, say P, for this product have received considerable attention. Wang defined a trivialiser set of the Squier complex associated with P and after that necessary and sufficient conditions for P to be efficient have been given by Cevik. As a main result of this paper, we give sufficient conditions for a presentation of the semi-direct product of a one-relator monoid by an infinite cyclic monoid to be minimal but not efficient. In the final part of this paper we give some applications of this result.     

Graph products and monochromatic multiplicities

Arcane two-edge-colourings of complete graphs were described in [13], in which there are significantly fewer monochromaticK _r 's than in a random colouring (so disproving a conjecture of Erds [2]). Jagger, ovíek and Thomason [7] showed that the same colourings have fewer monochromaticG's than do random colourings for any graphG containingK ₄.The purpose of this note is to point out that these colourings are not as obscure as might appear. There is in fact a large, natural and easily described class of colourings of the above kind; the specific examples used in [13] and [7] fall into this class.     

Tensor products and preservation of limits, for acts over monoids

In 1971, Stenström published one of the first papers devoted to the problem of when, for a monoid S and a right S -act A _S , the functor A? (from the category of left acts over S into the category of sets) has certain limit preservation properties. Attention at first focused on when this functor preserves pullbacks and equalizers but, since that time, a large number of related articles have appeared, most having to do with when this functor preserves monomorphisms of various kinds. All of these properties are often referred to as flatness properties of acts . Surprisingly, little attention has so far been paid to the obvious questions of when A _S ? preserves all limits, all finite limits, all products, or all finite products. The present article addresses these matters.     

Endomorphism monoids of acts over monoids

In this paper we investigate under which conditions a monoid R is defined by the endomorphism monoid of an act over R. More precisely, we ask when an isomorphism between two such endomorphism monoids over monoids R₁ and R₂ is induced by a semilinear isomorphism. The question is considered also for ordered and for topological monoids. On the way we characterize monoids over which all projective acts are free. An abstract of this paper appeared in the Proceedings of the Conference on Semigroups, Szeged 1972.     

Graph products of groups and group spaces

An application of constructions from so-called Bass-Serre theory to group spaces in noncommutative geometry is discussed motivated by the question how to make visible the interplay of different structures coming together in the notion of a group space. A compact summary of basic notions and constructions from Bass-Serre theory up to the structure theorem is developed; it should serve as a brief guideline for further applications. Concluding prospects indicate a way for generalizing the methods from a categorical point of view.Dedicated to Professor Johannes André on the occasion of his 70th birthday     

Cohomology monoids of monoids with coefficients in semimodules II

We relate the old and new cohomology monoids of an arbitrary monoid M with coefficients in semimodules over M, introduced in the author’s previous papers, to monoid and group extensions. More precisely, the old and new second cohomology monoids describe Schreier extensions of semimodules by monoids, and the new third cohomology monoid is related to a certain group extension problem.