Certain congruences on eventually regular semigroups I

A semigroup is called eventually regular if each of its elements has a regular power. In this paper we study certain fundamental congruences on an eventually regular semigroup. We generalize some results of Howie and Lallement (1966) and LaTorre (1983). In particular, we give a full description of the semilattice of group congruences (together with the least such a congruence) on an arbitrary eventually regular (orthodox) semigroup. Moreover, we investigate UBG-congruences on an eventually regular semigroup. Finally, we study the eventually regular subdirect products of an E-unitary semigroup and a Clifford semigroup.

Minimum Group Congruences on Eventually Regular Semigroups

An eventually regular semigroup is a semigroup in which some power of any element is regular. The minimum group congruence on an eventually regular semigroup is investigated by means of weak inverse. Furthermore, some properties of the minimum group congruence on an eventually regular semigroup are characterized.

R-Unipotent Congruences on Eventually Regular Semigroups

A semigroup S is called an eventually regular semigroup if for every a ∈ S, there exists a positive integer n such that an is regular. In this paper, the R-unipotent, inverse semigroup and group congruences on an eventually regular semigroup S are described by means of certain congruence pairs (ξ, K), where ξ is a normal congruence on the subsemigroup 〈E(S)〉 generated by E(S), and K is a normal subsemigroup of S.

REPRESENTATIONS OF SEMIGROUPS BY TRANSFORMATIONS AND THE CONGRUENCE LATTICE OF AN EVENTUALLY REGULAR SEMIGROUP

On any eventually regular semigroup S, congruences ν, μL, μR, μ, K, KL, KR, ζ are introduced which are the greatest congruences over: nil-extensions (n.e.) of completely simple semigroups, n.e. of left groups, n.e. of right groups, n.e. of groups, n.e. of rectangular bands, n.e. of left zero semigroups, n.e. of right zero semigroups, nil-semigroups, respectively. Each of these congruences is induced by a certain representation of S which is defined on an arbitrary semigroup. These congruences play an important role in the study of lattices of varieties, pseudovarieties and existence varieties. The investigation also leads to eight complete congruences U, Tt, Tr, T, K, Kl, Kr, Z on the congruence lattice Con (S) of S.

Group congruences on eventually regular semigroups

A characterization of group congruences on an eventually regular semigroup S is provided. It is shown that a group congruence is dually right modular in the lattice of congruences on S. Also for any group congruence ℸ and any congruence p on S, ℸ Vp and kernel ℸ Vp are described.

Congruences and Green's relations on eventually regular semigroups

A semigroup is eventually regular if each of its elements has some power that is regular. Let 𝓚 be one of Green's relations and let ρ be a congruence on an eventually regular semigroup S. It is shown for 𝓚 = 𝓛, 𝓡 and 𝓓 that if A and B are regular elements of S/ρ that are 𝓚-related in S/ρ then there exist elements a ∈ A, b ∈ B such that a and b are 𝓚-related in S. The result is not true for 𝓗 or 𝓙.

On the lattice of congruences on an eventually regular semigroup

A natural equivalence θ on the lattice of congruences λ(S) of a semigroup S is studied. For any eventually regular semigroup S, it is shown that θ is a congruence, each θ-class is a complete sublattice of λ(S) and the maximum element in each θ-class is determined. 1980 Mathematics subject classification (Amer. Math. Soc.): 20 M 10.