The quasi-uniserial semigroups without zero, their arithmetics and their algebras.
The concept of rank of a commutative cancellative semigroup is extended to all commutative semigroups by defining as the supremum of cardinalities of finite independent subsets of . Representing such a semigroup as a semilattice of (archimedean) components , we prove that is the supremum of ranks of various . Representing a commutative separative semigroup as a semilattice of its (cancellative) archimedean components, the main result of the paper provides several characterizations...
In this paper we study some special residuated lattices, namely, idempotent residuated chains. After giving some properties of Green’s relation on the monoid reduct of an idempotent residuated chain, we establish a structure theorem for idempotent residuated chains. As an application, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for a band with an identity to be the monoid reduct of some idempotent residuated chain. Finally, based on the structure theorem for idempotent residuated chains, we obtain...