| Abstract: | ABSTRACT If X and Y are sets, we let P(X, Y ) denote the set of all partial transformations from X into Y (that is, all mappings whose domain and range are subsets of X and Y, respectively). We define an operation * on P(X, Y ) by choosing θ ∈ P(Y, X) and writing: α*β = α °θ°β, for each α, β ∈ P(X, Y ). Then (P(X, Y ), *) is a semigroup, and some authors have determined when this is regular (Magill and Subbiah, 1975 Magill , K. D. , Jr. Subbiah , S. ( 1975 ). Green's relations for regular elements of sandwich semigroups. I. General results . Proc. London Math. Soc. 31 : 194 – 210 . [CSA] [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), when it contains a “proper dense subsemigroup” (Wasanawichit and Kemprasit, 2002 Wasanawichit , A. , Kemprasit , Y. ( 2002 ). Dense subsemigroups of generalized transformation semigroups . J. Austral. Math. Soc. 73 ( 3 ): 433 – 445 . [CSA] [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) and when it is factorisable (Saengsura, 2001 Saengsura , K. ( 2001 ). Factorizable on (P(X, Y ), θ) , MSc thesis, 23 pp (in Thai, with English summary), Department of Mathematics, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, 2001. [Google Scholar]). In this paper, we extend the latter work to certain subsemigroups of (P(X, Y ), *). We also consider the corresponding idea for partial linear transformations from one vector space into another. In this way, we generalise known results for total transformations and for injective partial transformations between sets, and we establish new results for linear transformations between vector spaces. |
