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Subgroups of free idempotent generated regular semigroups

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In [6] it is shown that the maximal subgroups of the free idempotent generated regular semigroup which is determined by the biordered set of a completely O-simple semigroup are free. In this note we shall extend this result to a wider class of semigroups.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Kerala, 695 581, Kariavattom, India

    K. S. S. Nambooripad

  2. Dienst Hogere Meetkunde, Rijksuniversiteit te Gent, Krijgslaan 271, B-9000, Gent, Belgium

    F. Pastijn

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Communicated by D. McAlister

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Nambooripad, K.S.S., Pastijn, F. Subgroups of free idempotent generated regular semigroups. Semigroup Forum 21, 1–7 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02572533

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