The rank of the endomorphism monoid of a uniform partition.

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Abstract: The rank of a semigroup is the cardinality of a smallest generating set. In this paper we compute the rank of the endomorphism monoid of a non-trivial uniform partition of a finite set, that is, the semigroup of those transformations of a finite set that leave a non-trivial uniform partition invariant. That involves proving that the rank of a wreath product of two symmetric groups is two and then use the fact that the endomorphism monoid of a partition is isomorphic to a wreath product of two full transformation semigroups. The calculation of the rank of these semigroups solves an open question.


The authors prove that the minimal possible cardinality for a generating set of the semigroup of all transformations of a finite set of cardinality at least three that leave a nontrivial uniform partition invariant equals four. For two other semigroups of all transformations which preserve (in a certain sense) the equivalence relation determined by a uniform partition as above it is shown that the minimal possible cardinality for a generating set is three.




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