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On the diameter of semigroups of transformations and partitions
Group Theory · Submitted 11 Oct 2023
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The authors' main claim Each of the monoids of all binary relations on $X,$ of all partial transformations on $X,$ and of all full transformations on $X,$ as well as the partition and partial Brauer monoids on $X,$ have right diameter 1 and left diameter 1.
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For a semigroup $S$ whose universal right congruence is finitely generated (or, equivalently, a semigroup satisfying the homological finiteness property of being type right-$FP_1$), the right diameter of $S$ is a parameter that expresses how `far apart' elements of $S$ can be from each other, in a certain sense. To be more precise, for each finite generating set $U$ for the universal right congruence on $S,$ we have a metric space $(S,d_U)$ where $d_U(a,b)$ is the minimum length of derivations for $(a,b)$ as a consequence of pairs in $U$; the right diameter of $S$ with respect to $U$ is the diameter of this metric space. The right diameter of $S$ is then the minimum of the set of all right diameters with respect to finite generating sets. We investigate whether various natural infinite semigroups of transformations and partitions have a finitely generated universal right/left congruence, and for those that do, we determine their right/left diameter. Among other results, for an arbitrary infinite set $X$ we prove the following. Each of the monoids of all binary relations on $X,$ of all partial transformations on $X,$ and of all full transformations on $X,$ as well as the partition and partial Brauer monoids on $X,$ have right diameter 1 and left diameter 1. The symmetric inverse monoid on $X$ has right diameter 2 and left diameter 2. The monoid of all injective mappings on $X$ has right diameter 4, and its minimal ideal (called the Baer-Levi semigroup on $X$) has right diameter 3, but neither of these two semigroups has a finitely generated universal left congruence. On the other hand, the semigroup of all surjective mappings on $X$ has left diameter 4, and its minimal ideal has left diameter 2, but neither of these semigroups has a finitely generated universal right congruence.
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| s0 | For a semigroup $S$ whose universal right congruence is finitely generated (or, equivalently, a semigroup satisfying the homological finiteness property of being type right-$FP_1$), the right diameter of $S$ is a parameter that expresses how `far apart' elements of $S$ can be from each other, in a certain sense. | background 1.00 | 0.06 | 0.04 | asserted 1.00 |
| s1 | To be more precise, for each finite generating set $U$ for the universal right congruence on $S,$ we have a metric space $(S,d_U)$ where $d_U(a,b)$ is the minimum length of derivations for $(a,b)$ as a consequence of pairs in $U$; the right diameter of $S$ with respect to $U$ is the diameter of this metric space. | background 0.93 | 0.13 | 0.03 | asserted 1.00 |
| s2 | The right diameter of $S$ is then the minimum of the set of all right diameters with respect to finite generating sets. | background 0.97 | 0.13 | 0.04 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | We investigate whether various natural infinite semigroups of transformations and partitions have a finitely generated universal right/left congruence, and for those that do, we determine their right/left diameter. | contribution 1.00 | 0.87 | 0.09 | asserted 0.68 |
| s4 | Among other results, for an arbitrary infinite set $X$ we prove the following. | contribution 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.04 | asserted 0.55 |
| s5 | Each of the monoids of all binary relations on $X,$ of all partial transformations on $X,$ and of all full transformations on $X,$ as well as the partition and partial Brauer monoids on $X,$ have right diameter 1 and left diameter 1. | result 1.00 | 0.93 | 0.43 | asserted 1.00 |
| s6 | The symmetric inverse monoid on $X$ has right diameter 2 and left diameter 2. | result 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.11 | asserted 1.00 |
| s7 | The monoid of all injective mappings on $X$ has right diameter 4, and its minimal ideal (called the Baer-Levi semigroup on $X$) has right diameter 3, but neither of these two semigroups has a finitely generated universal left congruence. | result 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.12 | asserted 1.00 |
| s8 | On the other hand, the semigroup of all surjective mappings on $X$ has left diameter 4, and its minimal ideal has left diameter 2, but neither of these semigroups has a finitely generated universal right congruence. | result 1.00 | 0.91 | 0.09 | asserted 1.00 |
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For a semigroup $S$ whose universal right congruence is finitely generated (or, equivalently, a semigroup satisfying the homological finiteness property of being type right-$FP_1$), the right diameter of $S$ is a parameter that expresses how `far apart' elements of $S$ can be from each other, in a certain sense. To be more precise, for each finite generating set $U$ for the universal right congruence on $S,$ we have a metric space $(S,d_U)$ where $d_U(a,b)$ is the minimum length of derivations for $(a,b)$ as a consequence of pairs in $U$; the right diameter of $S$ with respect to $U$ is the diameter of this metric space. The right diameter of $S$ is then the minimum of the set of all right diameters with respect to finite generating sets. We investigate whether various natural infinite semigroups of transformations and partitions have a finitely generated universal right/left congruence, and for those that do, we determine their right/left diameter. Among other results, for an arbitrary infinite set $X$ we prove the following. Each of the monoids of all binary relations on $X,$ of all partial transformations on $X,$ and of all full transformations on $X,$ as well as the partition and partial Brauer monoids on $X,$ have right diameter 1 and left diameter 1. The symmetric inverse monoid on $X$ has right diameter 2 and left diameter 2. The monoid of all injective mappings on $X$ has right diameter 4, and its minimal ideal (called the Baer-Levi semigroup on $X$) has right diameter 3, but neither of these two semigroups has a finitely generated universal left congruence. On the other hand, the semigroup of all surjective mappings on $X$ has left diameter 4, and its minimal ideal has left diameter 2, but neither of these semigroups has a finitely generated universal right congruence.
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