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We prove that the semirings of 1-preserving and of 0,1-preserving endomorphisms of a semilattice are always subdirectly irreducible and we investigate under which conditions they are simple. Subsemirings are also investigated in a similar way.
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The work is a part of the research project MSM0021620839 financed by MSMT.
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Ježek, J., Kepka, T. The semiring of 1-preserving endomorphisms of a semilattice. Czech Math J 59, 999–1003 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10587-009-0069-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10587-009-0069-4