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Extending partial isomorphisms and McAlister's covering theorem

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Communicated by Norman R. Reilly

The work for this paper was commenced whilst the author was a Junior Research Fellow at Lincoln College, Oxford and was completed at the Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, Germany whilst a European Exchange Scheme Fellow. I would like to thank the referee for some useful comments.

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Lawson, M.V. Extending partial isomorphisms and McAlister's covering theorem. Semigroup Forum 48, 18–27 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02573650

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