The Goto number of a parameter ideal Q in a Noetherian local ring (R, m) is the largest integer q such that Q : m is integral over Q. The Goto numbers of the monomial parameter ideals of R = k[[x1 , x2 , . . . , xν ]] are characterized using the semigroup of R. This helps in computing them for classes of numerical semigroup rings, as well as on a case by case basis. The minimal Goto number of R...

Dynamical systems with a coupled cell network structure can display synchronous solutions, spectral degeneracies and anomalous bifurcation behavior. We explain these phenomena here for homogeneous networks, by showing that every homogeneous network dynamical system admits a semigroup of hidden symmetries. The synchronous solutions lie in the symmetry spaces of this semigroup and the spectral de...

A class of differential Riccati equations (DREs) is considered whereby the evolution of any solution can be identified with the propagation of a value function of a corresponding optimal control problem arising in L2-gain analysis. By exploiting the semigroup properties inherited from the attendant dynamic programming principle, a max-plus primal space fundamental solution semigroup of max-plus...

The dynamics of recombination in genetics leads to an interesting nonlinear differential equation, which has a natural generalization to a measure valued version. The latter can be solved explicitly under rather general circumstances. It admits a closed formula for the semigroup of nonlinear positive operators that emerges from the forward flow and is, in general, embedded in a multi-parameter ...

We investigate the semigroup structure of bosonic Gaussian quantum channels. Particular focus lies on the sets of channels which are divisible, idempotent or Markovian (in the sense of either belonging to one-parameter semigroups or being infinitesimal divisible). We show that the non-compactness of the set of Gaussian channels allows for remarkable differences when comparing the semigroup stru...