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Algebra Discrete Math., 2008 Issue 4, Pages 1–14 (Mi adm174)

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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Algebra in superextensions of groups, II: cancelativity and centers

Taras Banakha, Volodymyr Gavrylkivb

a Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Universytetska 1, 79000, Ukraine
b Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Abstract: Given a countable group $X$ we study the algebraic structure of its superextension $\lambda(X)$. This is a right-topological semigroup consisting of all maximal linked systems on $X$ endowed with the operation
$$ \mathcal A\circ\mathcal B=\{C\subset X:\{x\in X:x^{-1}C\in\mathcal B\}\in\mathcal A\} $$
that extends the group operation of $X$. We show that the subsemigroup $\lambda^\circ(X)$ of free maximal linked systems contains an open dense subset of right cancelable elements. Also we prove that the topological center of $\lambda(X)$ coincides with the subsemigroup $\lambda^\bullet(X)$ of all maximal linked systems with finite support. This result is applied to show that the algebraic center of $\lambda(X)$ coincides with the algebraic center of $X$ provide $X$ is countably infinite. On the other hand, for finite groups $X$ of order $3\le|X|\le5$ the algebraic center of $\lambda(X)$ is strictly larger than the algebraic center of $X$.

Keywords: Superextension, right-topological semigroup, cancelable element, topological center, algebraic center.

MSC: 20M99, 54B20

Received: 14.02.2008
Revised: 25.08.2008

Language: English



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