Doubly Feller Property of Brownian Motions with Robin Boundary Condition

In this paper, we consider first order Sobolev spaces with Robin boundary condition on unbounded Lipschitz domains. Hunt processes are associated with these spaces. We prove that the semigroup of these processes are doubly Feller. As a corollary, we provide a condition for semigroups generated by these processes being compact.

     

An Ehresmann–Schein–Nambooripad theorem for locally Ehresmann P-Ehresmann semigroups

Periodica Mathematica Hungarica - Lawson has obtained an Ehresmann–Schein–Nambooripad theorem (ESN theorem for short) for Ehresmann semigroups which states that the category of...     

JOHN KNOPFMACHER, [ABSTRACT] ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY,AND THE THEORY OF ARITHMETICAL FUNCTIONS

Abstract

Dedicated to the memory of John Knopfmacher (1937–1999)

In this paper some important contributions of John Knopfmacher to ‘Abstract Analytic Number Theory’ are described. This theory investigates semigroups with countably many generators (generalized ‘primes’), with a norm map (or a ‘degree map’), and satisfying certain conditions on the number of elements with norm less than x (Axiom A resp. Axiom A#), and ‘arithmetical’ functions defined on these semigroups.

It is tried to show some of the impact of John Knopfmachers ideas to the future development of number theory, in particular for the topics ‘arithmetical functions’ and ‘asymptotics in additive arithmetical semigroups’.     

The structure of medial weakly U-abundant semigroups

We consider the class of weakly U-abundant semigroups satisfying the congruence condition (C) containing both the class of regular semigroups and the class of abundant semigroups as its subclasses. The class of weakly U-abundant semigroups with a medial projection satisfying the congruence condition (C) will be particularly studied. This kind of semigroups will be called medial weakly U-abundant semigroups. In this paper, we establish a structure theorem for such semigroups. It is proved that every medial weakly U-abundant semigroup can be expressed by some kind of bands and quasi-Ehresmann semigroups. Our theorem generalizes and enriches the structure theorem given by M. Loganathan in 1987 for regular semigroups with a medial idempotent.     

Congruences on *-Regular Semigroups

In this paper we study the congruences of *-regular semigroups, involution semigroups in which every element is p-related to a projection (an idempotent fixed by the involution). The class of *-regular semigroups was introduced by Drazin in 1979, as the involutorial counterpart of regular semigroups. In the standard approach to *-regular semigroup congruences, one ,starts with idempotents, i.e. with traces and kernels in the underlying regular semigroup, builds congruences of that semigroup, and filters those congruences which preserve the involution. Our approach, however, is more evenhanded with respect to the fundamental operations of *-regular semigroups. We show that idempotents can be replaced by projections when one passes from regular to *-regular semigroup congruences. Following the trace-kernel balanced view of Pastijn and Petrich, we prove that an appropriate equivalence on the set of projections (the *-trace) and the set of all elements equivalent to projections (the *-kernel) fully suffice to reconstruct an (involution-preserving) congruence of a *-regular semigroup. Also, we obtain some conclusions about the lattice of congruences of a *-regular semigroup. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Levi-Civita functional equations and the status of spectral synthesis on semigroups

We show, contrary to some published statements, that spectral synthesis does not generally hold for commutative semigroups that are not groups. On the positive side we prove that it holds if the semigroup is a monoid with no prime ideal. For semigroups with a prime ideal, the picture is not so clear. On the negative side we provide a variety of examples illustrating the failure of spectral synthesis for many semigroups with prime ideals, but we also give examples of semigroups with prime ideals on which spectral synthesis holds.

     

Regular F-Abundant Semigroups

ABSTRACT

The investigation of regular F-abundant semigroups is initiated. In fact, F-abundant semigroups are generalizations of regular cryptogroups in the class of abundant semigroups. After obtaining some properties of such semigroups, the construction theorem of the class of regular F-abundant semigroups is obtained. In addition, we also prove that a regular F-abundant semigroup is embeddable into a semidirect product of a regular band by a cancellative monoid. Our result is an analogue of that of Gomes and Gould on weakly ample semigroups, and also extends an earlier result of O'Carroll on F-inverse semigroups.     

Markov structures on Clifford algebras

The minimal unitary dilations of contraction semigroups on Hilbert spaces naturally yield systems of orthogonal projections with pre-Markovian properties. Antisymmetric second quantization is a functorial construction on Hilbert space contractions which takes semigroups into doubly Markovian contraction semigroups on a scale of Banach spaces associated with certain Clifford algebras. Multiplicative functionals are introduced which are related to perturbations of these semigroups by a formula of the Feynman-Kac-Nelson type.     

On algebras of <Emphasis Type="Italic">P</Emphasis>-Ehresmann semigroups and their associate partial semigroups

P-Ehresmann semigroups are introduced by Jones as a common generalization of Ehresmann semigroups and regular \(*\)-semigroups. Ehresmann semigroups and their semigroup algebras are investigated by many authors in literature. In particular, Stein shows that under some finiteness condition, the semigroup algebra of an Ehresmann semigroup with a left (or right) restriction condition is isomorphic to the category algebra of the corresponding Ehresmann category. In this paper, we generalize this result to P-Ehresmann semigroups. More precisely, we show that for a left (or right) P-restriction locally Ehresmann P-Ehresmann semigroup \(\mathbf{S}\), if its projection set is principally finite, then we can give an algebra isomorphism between the semigroup algebra of \(\mathbf{S}\) and the partial semigroup algebra of the associate partial semigroup of \(\mathbf{S}\). Some interpretations and necessary examples are also provided to show why the above isomorphism dose not work for more general P-Ehresmann semigroups.     

S-Classification of Regular Semigroups

On any regular semigroup S, the greatest idempotent pure congruence τ the greatest idempotent separating congruence μ and the least band congruence β are used to give the S-classification of regular semigroups as follows. These congruences generate a sublattice Λ of the congruence lattice C(S) of S. We consider the triples (Λ,K,T), where K and T are the restrictions of the K- and T-relations on C(S) to Λ. Such triples are characterized abstractly and form the objects of a category S whose morphisms are surjective K- and T-preserving homomorphisms subject to a mild condition. The class of regular semigroups is made into a category S whose morphisms are fairly restricted homomorphisms. The main result of the paper is the existence of a representative functor from S to S. The effect of the S-classification on Reilly semigroups and cryptogroups is discussed briefly.     

On semigroups in which every Rees one-sided congruence is a congruence

The purpose of this paper is to examine the structure of those semigroups which satisfy one or both of the following conditions: A_r(A_ℓ): The Rees right (left) congruence associated with any right (left) ideal is a congruence. The conditions A_r and A_ℓ are generalizations of commutativity for semigroups. This paper is a continuation of the work of Oehmke [5] and Jordan [4] on H-semigroups (H for hamiltonian, a semigroup is called an H-semigroup if every one-sided congruence is a two-sided congruence). In fact the results of section 2 of Oehmke [5] are proved here under the condition A_r and/or A_ℓ and not the stronger hamiltonian condition. Section 1 of this paper is essentially a summary of the known results of Oehmke. In section 2 we examine the structure of irreducible semigroups satisfying the condition A_r and/or A_ℓ. In particular we determine all regular (torsion) irreducible semigroups satisfying both the conditions A_r and A_ℓ. This research has been supported by Grant A7877 of the National Research Council of Canada.     

IDEMPOTENT-CONNECTED ABUNDANT SEMIGROUPS WHICH ARE DISJOINT UNIONS OF QUASI-IDEAL ADEQUATE TRANSVERSALS

ABSTRACT

The aim of this paper is to study idempotent-connected abundant semigroups which are disjoint unions of quasi-ideal adequate transversals. After obtaining some characterizations of such semigroups, we establish the structure of this class of semigroups. In addition, we also consider several special cases.     

PERFECT rpp SEMIGROUPS

The aim of this paper is to study a class of rpp semigroups, namely the perfect rpp semigroups. We obtain some characterization theorems for such semigroups. In particular, the spined product structure of perfect rpp semigroups is established. As an application of spined product structure, we prove that a perfect rpp semigroup is a strong semilattice of left cancellative planks. By a left cancellative plank, we mean a product of a left cancellative monoid and a rectangular band. Thus, the work of J.B. Fountain on C-rpp semigroups is further developed.

     

On Ehresmann semigroups

We formulate an alternative approach to describing Ehresmann semigroups by means of left and right étale actions of a meet semilattice on a category. We also characterize the Ehresmann semigroups that arise as the set of all subsets of a finite category. As applications, we prove that every restriction semigroup can be nicely embedded into a restriction semigroup constructed from a category, and we describe when a restriction semigroup can be nicely embedded into an inverse semigroup.

     

Oids,finite sums and the structure of the Stone-Čech compactification of a discrete semigroup

The equivalence between oids and semigroups which satisfy a condition involving finite sums is established. Some of the already known results on the structure of Stone-Čech compactifications of discrete semigroups are obtained as immediate consequences. It is also shown that most commutative semigroups contain oids so that oid theory has applications to the Stone-Čech compactifications of many semigroups.     

Algebras of Ehresmann semigroups and categories

E-Ehresmann semigroups are a commonly studied generalization of inverse semigroups. They are closely related to Ehresmann categories in the same way that inverse semigroups are related to inductive groupoids. We prove that under some finiteness condition, the semigroup algebra of an E-Ehresmann semigroup is isomorphic to the category algebra of the corresponding Ehresmann category. This generalizes a result of Steinberg who proved this isomorphism for inverse semigroups and inductive groupoids and a result of Guo and Chen who proved it for ample semigroups. We also characterize E-Ehresmann semigroups whose corresponding Ehresmann category is an EI-category and give some natural examples.     

Endotypes of partial equivalence relations

We classify all partial equivalence relations according to their endotype with respect to endotopisms and compute the cardinalities of endotopism semigroups (strong endotopism monoids, autotopism groups) of partial equivalence relations on a finite set.