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A semigroup S is called t-archimedean if for all a,b∈S, there exists a positive integer i such that bi∈aS∩Sa. The purpose of this paper is to characterize semigroups which are bands of t-archimedean semigroups. We then apply this result to exponential semigroups.
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Putcha, M.S. Band of t-archimedean semigroups. Semigroup Forum 6, 232–239 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02389126
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