We show that every periodic element of the free idempotent generated semigroup on an arbitrary biordered set belongs to a subgroup of the semigroup. The biordered set of a semigroup S is the set of idempotents of S considered as a partial groupoid with respect to the restriction of the multiplication of S to those pairs (e, f) of idempotents such that ef = e , ef = f , fe = e or fe = f . Namboo...

A general affine Markov semigroup is formulated as the convolution of a homogeneous one with a skew convolution semigroup. We provide some sufficient conditions for the regularities of the homogeneous affine semigroup and the skew convolution semigroup. The corresponding affine Markov process is constructed as the strong solution of a system of stochastic equations with non-Lipschitz coefficien...

In this paper we investigate and compare the properties of the semigroup generated by A, and the sequence Ad , n ∈ N, where Ad = (I +A)(I −A)−1. We show that if A and A−1 generate a uniformly bounded, strongly continuous semigroup on a Hilbert space, then Ad is power bounded. For analytic semigroups we can prove stronger results. If A is the infinitesimal generator of an analytic semigroup, the...

In this paper we investigate the relation between discrete and continuous operators. More precisely, we investigate the properties of the semigroup generated by A, and the sequence Ad , n ∈ N, where Ad = (I +A)(I −A)−1. We show that if A and A−1 generate a uniformly bounded, strongly continuous semigroup on a Hilbert space, then Ad is power bounded. For analytic semigroups we can prove stronger...

Let E = {E1, . . . , Ek} be a set of regular languages over a finite alphabet Σ. Consider morphism φ : ∆ → (S, ·) where ∆ is the semigroup over a finite set ∆ and (S, ·) = 〈E〉 is the finitely generated semigroup with E as the set of generators and language concatenation as a product. We prove that the membership problem of the semigroup S, the set [u] = {v ∈ ∆ | φ(v) = φ(u)}, is a regular langu...

The concept of strong spined product of semigroups is introduced. We first show that a semigroup S is a rpp-semigroup with left central idempotents if and only if S is a strong semilattice of left cancellative right stripes. Then, we show that such kind of semigroups can be described by the strong spined product of a C-rpp-semigroup and a right normal band. In particular, we show that a semigro...

We prove that the ring of differential operators of any semigroup algebra is finitely generated. In contrast, we also show that the graded ring of the order filtration on the ring of differential operators of a semigroup algebra is finitely generated if and only if the semigroup is scored.  2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

In 1996 Jespers and Wang classified finite semigroups whose integral semigroup ring has finitely many units. In a recent paper, Iwaki-Juriaans-Souza Filho continued this line of research by partially classifying the finite semigroups whose rational semigroup algebra contains a Zorder with hyperbolic unit group. In this paper we complete this classification by handling the case in which the semi...

We consider a transport process on an infinite network and, using the corresponding flow semigroup as in Dorn (Semigroup Forum 76:341–356, 2008), investigate its long term behavior. Combining methods from functional analysis, graph theory and stochastics, we are able to characterize the networks for which the flow semigroup converges strongly to a periodic group.