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Quasi-multiplicative maps on Baer semigroups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

C. S. Johnson Jr
C. S. Johnson Jr
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
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A Baer semigroup is a semigroup 5 with 0 and 1 in which, for each x∈S, the left annihilator L(x) = {y∈S: yx = 0} of x is a principal left ideal generated by an idempotent and the right annihilator R(x) = {y∈S: xy = 0} of x is a principal right ideal generated by an idempotent. Baer semigroups are of interest because (see [5]) the left annihilators of the elements of a Baer semigroup S, ℒ(S) = {L(x): x∈S}, form a bounded lattice and (see [4]) every bounded lattice arises in this manner. In this note we look at a type of map φ on a Baer semigroup S which has the property that Sφ is a Baer semigroup. (The homomorphic image of a Baer semigroup need not be a Baer semigroup. For a case where it is, see [7].) When the Baer semigroup is specialized to a Boolean algebra, this type of map generalizes Halmos's notion of a quantifier.

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Research Article
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Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , September 1972 , pp. 107 - 110
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1972

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