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Yet Another Solution to the Burnside Problem for Matrix Semigroups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Benjamin Steinberg
Benjamin Steinberg*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 e-mail: bsteinbg@math.carleton.ca
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Abstract

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We use the kernel category to give a finiteness condition for semigroups. As a consequence we provide yet another proof that finitely generated periodic semigroups of matrices are finite.

Keywords

20M3020M32Burnside problemkernel category

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , 01 March 2012, pp. 188 - 192
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2012

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