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Commutative semigroups
Abbreviation: CSgrp
Definition
A \emph{commutative semigroup} is a semigroups S=⟨S,⋅⟩ such that
⋅ is commutative: xy=yx
Definition
A \emph{commutative semigroup} is a structure S=⟨S,⋅⟩, where ⋅ is an infix binary operation, called the \emph{semigroup product}, such that
⋅ is associative: (xy)z=x(yz)
⋅ is commutative: xy=yx
Morphisms
Let S and T be commutative semigroups. A morphism from S to T is a function h:SarrowT that is a homomorphism:
h(xy)=h(x)h(y)
Examples
Example 1: ⟨N,+⟩, the natural numbers, with additition.
Basic results
Properties
| Classtype | variety |
|---|---|
| Equational theory | decidable in polynomial time |
| Quasiequational theory | decidable |
| First-order theory | |
| Locally finite | no |
| Residual size | |
| Congruence distributive | no |
| Congruence modular | no |
| Congruence n-permutable | no |
| Congruence regular | no |
| Congruence uniform | no |
| Congruence extension property | |
| Definable principal congruences | |
| Equationally def. pr. cong. | no |
| Amalgamation property | no |
| Strong amalgamation property | no |
| Epimorphisms are surjective | no |
Finite members
$\begin{array}{lr} Search for finite commutative semigroups
f(1)= &1
f(2)= &3
f(3)= &12
f(4)= &58
f(5)= &325
f(6)= &2143
f(7)= &17291
\end{array}$