Description |
1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Algebra and applications ; vol. 9 |
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Algebras and applications ; v. 9.
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Contents |
Preface -- 1. Ordinary and partial transformations -- 2. The semigroups Tn, PT n and ISn -- 3. Generating Systems -- 4. Ideals and Green's relations -- 5. Subgroups and subsemigroups -- 6. Other relations on semigroups -- 7. Endomorphisms -- 8. Nilpotent subsemigroups -- 9. Presentation -- 10. Transitive actions -- 11. Linear representations -- 12. Cross-sections -- 13. Variants -- 14. Order-related subsemigroups -- Answers and hints to exercises -- Bibliography -- List of notation -- Index |
Summary |
Offers a self-contained introduction to the modern theory of finite transformation semigroups. This book covers topics such as: transformations and semigroups, ideals and Green's relations, subsemigroups, congruences, endomorphisms, nilpotent subsemigroups, presentations, actions on sets, linear representations, cross-sections and variants |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-295) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Semigroups.
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MATHEMATICS -- Group Theory.
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Semigroups.
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Semigroups
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Mazorchuk, Volodymyr.
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ISBN |
9781848002814 |
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1848002815 |
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