Joao Araujo

  1. A characterization of adequate semigroups by forbidden subsemigroups.

    Authors: Michael Kinyon, Joao Araujo, Antonio Malheiro
    Subjects: Group Theory
    Abstract

    A semigroup is \emph{amiable} if there is exactly one idempotent in each
    $\mathcal{R}^*$-class and in each $\mathcal{L}^*$-class. A semigroup is
    \emph{adequate} if it is amiable and if its idempotents commute. We
    characterize adequate semigroups by showing that they are precisely those
    amiable semigroups which do not contain isomorphic copies of two particular
    nonadequate semigroups as subsemigroups.

  2. An elegant 3-basis for inverse semigroups.

    Authors: Michael Kinyon, Joao Araujo
    Subjects: Group Theory
    Abstract

    It is well known that in every inverse semigroup the binary operation and the
    unary operation of inversion satisfy the following three identities: \[ \quad
    x=(xx')x \qquad \quad (xx')(y'y)=(y'y)(xx') \qquad \quad (xy)z=x(yz'')\,. \]
    The goal of this note is to prove the converse, that is, we prove that every
    unary semigroup satisfying these three identities is an inverse semigroup and
    the unary operation coincides with the usual inversion on such semigroups.

  3. Groups that together with any transformation generate regular semigroups or idempotent generated semigroups.

    Authors: Joao Araujo, J. D. Mitchell, Csaba Schneider
    Subjects: Group Theory
    Abstract

    Let $a$ be a non-invertible transformation of a finite set and let $G$ be a
    group of permutations on that same set. Then $\genset{G, a}\setminus G$ is a
    subsemigroup, consisting of all non-invertible transformations, in the
    semigroup generated by $G$ and $a$. Likewise, the conjugates $a^g=g^{-1}ag$ of
    $a$ by elements $g\in G$ generate a semigroup denoted $\genset{a^g | g\in G}$.
    We classify the finite permutation groups $G$ on a finite set $X$ such that the
    semigroups $\genset{G,a}$, $\genset{G, a}\setminus G$, and $\genset{a^g | g\in
    G}$ are regular for all transformations of $X$.

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