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Bull. Korean Math. Soc. 2024; 61(1): 117-133

Online first article January 18, 2024      Printed January 31, 2024

https://doi.org/10.4134/BKMS.b230053

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On the Semigroup of partition-preserving transformations whose characters are bijective

Mosarof Sarkar, Shubh Narayan Singh

Central University of South Bihar; Central University of South Bihar

Abstract

Let $\mathcal{P}=\{X_i\colon i\in I\}$ be a partition of a set $X$. We say that a transformation $f\colon X \to X$ preserves $\mathcal{P}$ if for every $X_i \in \mathcal{P}$, there exists $X_j \in \mathcal{P}$ such that $X_if \subseteq X_j$. Consider the semigroup $\mathcal{B}(X,\mathcal{P})$ of all transformations $f$ of $X$ such that $f$ preserves $\mathcal{P}$ and the character (map) $\chi^{(f)}\colon I \to I$ defined by $i\chi^{(f)}=j$ whenever $X_if\subseteq X_j$ is bijective. We describe Green's relations on $\mathcal{B}(X,\mathcal{P})$, and prove that $\mathcal{D} = \mathcal{J}$ on $\mathcal{B}(X,\mathcal{P})$ if $\mathcal{P}$ is finite. We give a necessary and sufficient condition for $\mathcal{D} = \mathcal{J}$ on $\mathcal{B}(X,\mathcal{P})$. We characterize unit-regular elements in $\mathcal{B}(X,\mathcal{P})$, and determine when $\mathcal{B}(X,\mathcal{P})$ is a unit-regular semigroup. We alternatively prove that $\mathcal{B}(X,\mathcal{P})$ is a regular semigroup. We end the paper with a conjecture.

Keywords: Transformation semigroups, symmetric groups, regular semigroups, unit-regular semigroups, Green's relations, set partitions

MSC numbers: Primary 20M17, 20M20, 20B30