Automatic Presentations for Cancellative Semigroups

Alan J. Cain; Graham Oliver; Nik Ruskuc; Richard M. Thomas

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-88282-4_15

Automatic Presentations for Cancellative Semigroups

Alan J. Cain, Graham Oliver, Nik Ruskuc, Richard M. Thomas

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This paper studies FA-presentable structures and gives a complete classification of the finitely generated FA-presentable cancellative semigroups. We show that a finitely generated cancellative semigroup is FA-presentable if and only if it is a subsemigroup of a virtually abelian group.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Language and Automata Theory and Applications
Editors	C. Martin-Vide, F. Otto, H. Fernau
Publisher	Springer
Pages	149-159
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	978-3-540-88281-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88282-4_15
Publication status	Published - 25 Sept 2008
Event	2nd International Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Application - Tarragona, Spain Duration: 13 Mar 2008 → 19 Mar 2008

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	5196
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

Conference

Conference	2nd International Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Application
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Tarragona
Period	13/03/08 → 19/03/08

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EP/C523229/1: Multidisciplinary Critical Mass in Computational Algebra and Applications
Linton, S. A. (PI), Gent, I. P. (CoI), Leonhardt, U. (CoI), Mackenzie, A. (CoI), Miguel, I. J. (CoI), Quick, M. (CoI) & Ruskuc, N. (CoI)
EPSRC
1/09/05 → 31/08/10
Project: Standard

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Cain, AJ, Oliver, G, Ruskuc, N & Thomas, RM 2008, Automatic Presentations for Cancellative Semigroups. in C Martin-Vide, F Otto & H Fernau (eds), Language and Automata Theory and Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 5196, Springer, pp. 149-159, 2nd International Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Application, Tarragona, Spain, 13/03/08. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88282-4_15

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