Free groups in \(\beta\) N which miss the minimal ideal (Q1106955)
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Free groups in \(\beta\) N which miss the minimal ideal (English)
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1988
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Let \(\beta\) N denote the Stone-Cech compactification of the set of positive integers N. It is known that the semigroup \((\beta N,+)\), where \(+\) is the unique left continuous extension of ordinary addition to \(\beta\) N which has N as its center, contains a minimal ideal M which is the smallest two sided ideal. The author shows that there exist \(2^ c\) copies of the free group on \(2^ c\) generators and a copy of the semigroup generated by the idempotents of \(\beta\) N outside of the closure of the minimal ideal.
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Stone-Cech compactification
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minimal ideal
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idempotents
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