The pseudovariety of semigroups of triangular matrices over a finite field

Jorge Almeida; Stuart W. Margolis; Mikhail V. Volkov

RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications (2010)

  • Volume: 39, Issue: 1, page 31-48
  • ISSN: 0988-3754

Abstract

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We show that semigroups representable by triangular matrices over a fixed finite field form a decidable pseudovariety and provide a finite pseudoidentity basis for it.

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Almeida, Jorge, Margolis, Stuart W., and Volkov, Mikhail V.. "The pseudovariety of semigroups of triangular matrices over a finite field." RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications 39.1 (2010): 31-48. <http://eudml.org/doc/92764>.

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