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E-unitary congruences on inverse semigroups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

N. R. Reilly and
W. D. Munn
N. R. Reilly
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby 2, B.C., Canada
W. D. Munn
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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By an E-unitary inverse semigroup we mean an inverse semigroup in which the semilattice is a unitary subset. Such semigroups, elsewhere called ‘proper’ or ‘reduced’ inverse semigroups, have been the object of much recent study. Free inverse semigroups form a subclass of particular interest.

An important structure theorem for E-unitary inverse semigroups has been obtained by McAlister [4, 5]. From a triple (G, ) consisting of a group G, a partially ordered set and a subset , satisfying certain conditions, he constructs an E-unitary inverse semigroup P(G, ). A semigroup of this type is called a P-semigroup. The structure theorem states that every E-unitary inverse semigroup is, to within isomorphism, of this form. A second theorem asserts that every inverse semigroup is isomorphic to a quotient of a Psemigroup by an idempotent-separating congruence. We refer below to these results as McAlister's Theorems A and B respectively. A triple (C, ) of the type used to construct a P-semigroup is here termed a “McAlister triple”. It is shown further, in [5], that there is essentially only one such triple corresponding to a given E-unitary inverse semigroup.

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Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1976, pp. 57 - 75
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1976

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