Abstract
On any regular semigroup S, the least group congruence σ, the greatest idempotent separating congruence μ and the least band congruence β are used to give the T-classification of regular semigroups as follows. These congruences generate a sublattice Λ of the congruence lattice C(S) of S. We consider the triples (Λ,K,T), where K and T are the restrictions of the K- and T-relations on C(S) to Λ. Such triples are characterized abstractly and form the objects of a category T whose morphisms are surjective K-preserving homomorphisms subject to a mild condition. The class of regular semigroups is made into a category T whose morphisms are fairly restricted homomorphisms. The main result of the paper is the existence of a representative functor from T to T. The effect of the T-classification to P-semigroups is considered in some detail.
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Petrich, M. T-Classification of Regular Semigroups. Semigroup Forum 71, 337–365 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00233-004-0133-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00233-004-0133-1