Affiliation:
1. Department of Mathematics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium
Abstract
In this paper we continue the investigation on the algebraic structure of a finite semigroup S that is determined by its associated upper non-nilpotent graph [Formula: see text]. The vertices of this graph are the elements of S and two vertices are adjacent if they generate a semigroup that is not nilpotent (in the sense of Mal'cev). We introduce a class of semigroups in which the Mal'cev nilpotent property lifts through ideal chains. We call this the class of pseudo-nilpotent semigroups. The definition is such that the global information that a semigroup is not nilpotent induces local information, i.e. some two-generated subsemigroups are not nilpotent. It turns out that a finite monoid (in particular, a finite group) is pseudo-nilpotent if and only if it is nilpotent. Our main result is a description of pseudo-nilpotent finite semigroups S in terms of their associated graph [Formula: see text]. In particular, S has a largest nilpotent ideal, say K, and S/K is a 0-disjoint union of its connected components (adjoined with a zero) with at least two elements.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Subject
Applied Mathematics,Algebra and Number Theory
Cited by
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