The lattice of completely simple subsemigroups of a completely simple semigroup

In this paper, we present necessary and sufficient conditions for the lattice of completely simple subsemigroups of a completely simple semigroup to be 0-modular or 0-semidistributive or join semidistributive.     

Convolution products of probability measures on completely simple semigroups

Convolution products of probability measures are considered in the context of completely simple semigroups. Given a sequence of measures (μn)⊂Prob(S), where S is a finite completely simple semigroup, results are proven which (1) relate the supports of the measures in the sequence to the supports of the tail limit measures, and (2) determine necessary and sufficient conditions for convergence of the convolution products in the case of rectangular groups. An example showing how the theory can be used to analyze the convergence behavior of non-homogeneous Markov chains is included.     

A semigroup approach to the study of a general stochastic epidemic

A general stochastic epidemic, with immigration, in a large population is examined, introducing exponentially distributed latent and incubation periods. By means of semigroups, existence and uniqueness are proved for the solution of the initial-value problem arising from the stochastic model proposed. Equations for expected values of the random variables describing the epidemic are derived rigorously from the Kolmogorov equations of the process. Conditions for the extinction of the epidemic are also obtained.     

On disjunctions of algebraic sets in completely simple semigroups

A semigroup S is called an equational domain if any finite union of algebraic sets over S is algebraic. We give some necessary and su?cient conditions for a completely simple semigroup to be an equational domain.     

On supercyclicity of operators from a supercyclic semigroup

We show that for every supercyclic strongly continuous operator semigroup {Tt}_t?0 acting on a complex F-space, every Tt with t>0 is supercyclic. Moreover, the set of supercyclic vectors of each Tt with t>0 is exactly the set of supercyclic vectors of the entire semigroup.     

A note on power domination in grid graphs

The problem of monitoring an electric power system by placing as few measurement devices in the system as possible is closely related to the well known vertex covering and dominating set problems in graphs (see [T.W. Haynes, S.M. Hedetniemi, S.T. Hedetniemi, M.A. Henning, Power domination in graphs applied to electrical power networks, SIAM J. Discrete Math. 15(4) (2002) 519-529]). A set S of vertices is defined to be a power dominating set of a graph if every vertex and every edge in the system is monitored by the set S (following a set of rules for power system monitoring). The minimum cardinality of a power dominating set of a graph is its power domination number. In this paper, we determine the power domination number of an n×m grid graph.     

On the reduction of a contraction semigroup to a completely non unitary semigroup

According to a Theorem of B. Sz.-Nagy and C. Foia?, every strongly continuous semigroup of contraction operators on a Hilbert space, can be decomposed into a completely non unitary part and a unitary part. In this note we wish to show that by appropriately perturbing its generator, a contraction semigroup can be reduced to a completely non unitary one. In control theory, such a perturbation is related to the so called state feedback, and the reduction presented here has application in the problem of stabilizing linear control systems on a Hilbert space. This will be briefly discussed.     

A note on the gradient of heat semigroup

A new representation for the gradient of heat semigroup on Riemannian manifold is given by using the integration by parts formula on Wiener space, which reflects in some sense the asymptotic property of Brownian motion.     

A note on the units of semigroup rings

In [2] Coleman and Enochs obtained results about the units of the polynomial ring R[x] for rings R satisfying a condi-tion which is, in some sense, a generalization of commutativity. In [3] some of these results were extended to group rings over an ordered group. In this note a class of rings larger than the class considered in [2] is used to extend the results in [2] and 3] to the semigroup ring RG, G an u.p, semigroup.

In the last section we give a necessary and sufficient condi-tion for an element to be a divisor of zero in RG where G is an u.p. semigroup.     

A note on the product of random elements of a semigroup

LetX=(X ₀,X ₁, ...) be a Markov chain on the discrete semigroupS. X is assumed to have one essential classC such thatCK, whereK is the kernel ofS. We study the processY=(Y ₀,Y ₁,...) whereY _n =X ₀ X ₁ ...X _n using the auxiliary process which is a Markov chain onS×S. The essential classes and the limiting distribution of theZ-chain are determined. (These results were obtained earlier byH. Muthsam, Mh. Math.76, 43–54 (1972). However, his proofs contained an error restricting the validity of his results.Supported in part by the Danish Ministry of Education and the Toroch Ellida Ljungbergs fond.     

A note on sensitivity of semigroup actions

It is well known that for a transitive dynamical system (X,f) sensitivity to initial conditions follows from the assumption that the periodic points are dense. This was done by several authors: Banks, Brooks, Cairns, Davis and Stacey (Am. Math. Mon. 99, 332–334, 1992), Silverman (Rocky Mt. J. Math. 22, 353–375, 1992) and Glasner and Weiss (Nonlinearity 6, 1067–1075, 1993). In the latter article Glasner and Weiss established a stronger result (for compact metric systems) which implies that a transitive non-minimal compact metric system (X,f) with dense set of almost periodic points is sensitive. This is true also for group actions as was proved in the book of Glasner (Ergodic Theory via Joinings, 2003). Our aim is to generalize these results in the frame of a unified approach for a wide class of topological semigroup actions including one-parameter semigroup actions on Polish spaces.     

On the product system of a completely positive semigroup

Given a W∗-continuous semigroup φ of unital, normal, completely positive maps of B(H), we introduce its continuous tensor product system . If α is a minimal dilation E₀-semigroup of φ with Arveson product system F, then is canonically isomorphic to F. We apply this construction to a class of semigroups of arising from a modified Weyl-Moyal quantization of convolution semigroups of Borel probability measures on . This class includes the heat flow on the CCR algebra studied recently by Arveson. We prove that the minimal dilations of all such semigroups are completely spatial, and additionally, we prove that the minimal dilation of the heat flow is cocyle conjugate to the CAR/CCR flow of index two.     

保等价部分变换半群的变种半群上的正则元

在现有的保等价部分变换半群的基础上,引入了一个新的运算,得出保等价部分变换半群的变种半群的概念,利用格林关系及幂等元的正则性,讨论了这类半群中元素的正则性,给出了保等价部分变换半群的变种半群中一个元是正则元的充要条件     

A note on the computation of the Frobenius number of a numerical semigroup

In this note we observe that the Frobenius number and therefore the conductor of a numerical semigroup can be obtained from the maximal socle degree of the quotient of the corresponding semigroup algebra by the ideal generated by the maximum generator of the semigroup.