On Ehresmann semigroups

Mark V. Lawson

doi:10.1007/s00233-021-10200-2

On Ehresmann semigroups

Mark V. Lawson^*

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We formulate an alternative approach to describing Ehresmann semigroups by means of left and right étale actions of a meet semilattice on a category. We also characterize the Ehresmann semigroups that arise as the set of all subsets of a finite category. As applications, we prove that every restriction semigroup can be nicely embedded into a restriction semigroup constructed from a category, and we describe when a restriction semigroup can be nicely embedded into an inverse semigroup.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	953-965
Number of pages	13
Journal	Semigroup Forum
Volume	103
Issue number	3
Early online date	4 Jun 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00233-021-10200-2
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021

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Ehresmann semigroups
Finite Boolean algebras

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