| Abstract: | We show that if Y is a subsemilattice of a finite semilattice indecomposable semigroup S then \({|Y|\leq 2\left\lfloor \frac{|S|-1}{4}\right\rfloor+1}\). We also characterize finite semilattice indecomposable semigroups S which contain a subsemilattice Y with \({|S|=4k+1}\) and \({|Y|=2\left\lfloor \frac{|S|-1}{4} \right\rfloor+1=2k+1}\). They are special inverse semigroups. Our investigation is based on our new result proved in this paper which characterizes finite semilattice indecomposable semigroups with a zero by using only the properties of its semigroup algebra. |
