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An embedding theorem with amalgamation for cancellative semigroups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

J. M. Howie
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The University Glasgow
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Let {Si; i ε I} be a finite or infinite family of cancellative semigroups. Let U be a cancellative semigroup, and suppose that there exists, for each i in I, a monomorphism φi: u→ Si. We are interested in finding a semigroup T with the following properties.

(a) For each i in I, there is a monomorphism λi: SiT such that iλi = jλi for all u ɛ U and all i, j in I. That is to say, there exists a monomorphism λ: UT which equals øiλi for all i in I.

SiλiSjλj = Uλ (i, j ε I; ij).

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Research Article
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1963

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