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Any group is a maximal subgroup of the semigroup of binary relations on some set†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

G. B. Preston
G. B. Preston
Affiliation:
Monash University, Clayton, Australia, 3168
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We show that the theorem stated in the title is a corollary to a result of K. A. Zaretskii [5] and a theorem of G. Birkhoff [1]. The construction we use further shows that all groups with cardinal less than or equal to the cardinal of the given group are simultaneously realised as maximal subgroups of the same semigroup of binary relations ℬx. For finite or countable groups, when Xmay be taken to be finite or countable, respectively, and for an entirely different method of proof, the paper of J. S. Montague and R. J. Plemmons [3] should be consulted. For two further proofs of the theorem of the title to this note, this time for any X, see also R. J. Plemmons and B. M. Schein [4] and A. H. Clifford [2].

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Research Article
Information
Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , February 1973 , pp. 21 - 24
Copyright
Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1973

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