The Temperley-Lieb and Brauer algebras and their cyclotomic analogues, as well as the partition algebra, are all examples of twisted semigroup algebras. We prove a general theorem about the cellularity of twisted semigroup algebras of regular semigroups. This theorem, which generalises a recent result of East about semigroup algebras of inverse semigroups, allows us to easily reproduce the cell...

Self-similar inverse semigroups are defined using automata theory. Adjacency semigroups of s-resolved Markov partitions of Smale spaces are introduced. It is proved that a Smale space can be reconstructed from the adjacency semigroup of its Markov partition, using the notion of the limit solenoid of a contracting self-similar semigroup. The notions of the limit solenoid and a contracting semigr...

Let S be an inverse semigroup with the set of idempotents E and S/ ≈ be an appropriate group homomorphic image of S. In this paper we find a one-to-one correspondence between two cohomology groups of the group algebra `1(S) and the semigroup algebra `1(S/ ≈) with coefficients in the same space. As a consequence, we prove that S is amenable if and only if S/ ≈ is amenable. This could be consider...

First, we introduce the concept of intuitionistic fuzzy group congruenceand we obtain the characterizations of intuitionistic fuzzy group congruenceson an inverse semigroup and a T^{*}-pure semigroup, respectively. Also,we study some properties of intuitionistic fuzzy group congruence. Next, weintroduce the notion of intuitionistic fuzzy semilattice congruence and we givethe characterization of...

The relation between representations and positive definite functions is a key concept in harmonic analysis on topological groups. Recently this relation has been studied on topological groupoids. In this paper, we investigate the concept of restricted positive definite functions and their relation with restricted representations of an inverse semigroup. We also introduce the restricted Fourier ...

The five-element Brandt semigroup B2 and its four-element subsemigroup B0, obtained by omitting one nonidempotent, have played key roles in the study of varieties of semigroups. Regarded in that fashion, they have long been known to be finitely based. The semigroup B2 carries the natural structure of an inverse semigroup. Regarded as such, in the signature {·,−1 }, it is also finitely based. It...

We study the asymptotic behaviour of a finitely presented Rees quotient S = Inv〈A | ci = 0 (i = 1, . . . , k) 〉 of a free inverse semigroup over a finite alphabet A. It is shown that if the semigroup S has polynomial growth then S is monogenic (with zero) or k ≥ 3. The three relator case is fully characterised, yielding a sequence of two-generated three-relator semigroups whose Gelfand-Kirillov...

Inverse semigroups generalise both groups and semilattices, and describe partial symmetries just as groups do for total symmetries; they also arise naturally in appropriately rich categories, essentially as monoids of partial automorphisms. Analogy with the group case suggests that the use of inverse semigroups will be assisted by the development of a workable representation theory. Moreover th...

Let $Q$ be an inverse semigroup. A subsemigroup $S$ of $Q$ is a left I-order in $Q$ and $Q$ is a semigroup of left I-quotients of $S$ if every element $qin Q$ can be written as $q=a^{-1}b$ for some $a,bin S$. If we insist on $a$ and $b$ being $er$-related in $Q$, then we say that $S$ is straight in $Q$. We characterize semigroups which are left I-quotients of left regular bands of right cancell...