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Maximal inverse subsemigroups of \(S(S^ n)\) (English)
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For X a topological space, S(X) will denote the semigroup, under composition, of all continuous functions from X into X. In this paper we concentrate on maximal inverse subsemigroups of \(S(S^ n)\) where \(S^ n\) denotes the n-dimensional sphere. We concentrate particularly on ones with a finite number of idempotents. For instance, we characterize all maximal inverse subsemigroups of S(X) which have exactly two idempotents. We define several types of maximal inverse subsemigroups which have a smallest idempotent. Several open problems are mentioned.
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topological space
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maximal inverse subsemigroups
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finite number of idempotents
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