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Decidability of the representation extension property for finite semigroups

Author(s): Kunitaka Shoji
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 128 (2000), 1313-1317.
MSC (1991): Primary 20M10
Posted: February 7, 2000
MathSciNet review: 1706977
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Abstract:

We prove that the decision problem of whether or not a finite semigroup has the representation extension property is decidable.


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Additional Information:

Kunitaka Shoji
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Shimane University, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8503 Japan
Email: ksho@math.shimane-u.ac.jp

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-00-05624-0
PII: S 0002-9939(00)05624-0
Keywords: Finite semigroup, representation extension property, algorithm, decidability
Received by editor(s): July 1, 1998
Posted: February 7, 2000
Additional Notes: This work was done while the author was visiting the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He thanks the Department of Mathematics, UNL for their kind hospitality.
Communicated by: Ronald M. Solomon
Copyright of article: Copyright 2000, American Mathematical Society




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