The left regular $^{\ast }$-representation of an inverse semigroup
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Abstract:
The left regular $^ *$-representation of the semigroup algebra of an inverse semigroup is faithful. Clifford semigroups with a particular type of semilattice are shown to have the weak containment property if and only if each subgroup is amenable.References
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- © Copyright 1982 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 86 (1982), 55-58
- MSC: Primary 43A07
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1982-0663865-3
- MathSciNet review: 663865