Mathematics Faculty Articles
On a Question of Pollák and Volkov Regarding Hereditarily Finitely Based Identities
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2014
Publication Title
Periodica Mathematica Hungarica
Keywords
Semigroup, Identity, Finitely based, Hereditarily finitely based
ISSN
0031-5303
Volume
68
Issue/No.
2
First Page
128
Last Page
134
Abstract
A semigroup identity is alternating if it is formed by a simple word and an almost simple word. A complete description of all hereditarily finitely based, alternating identities is presented. This answers a question of György Pollák and Mikhail V. Volkov posted in the 1980s.
NSUWorks Citation
Lee, Edmond W. H., "On a Question of Pollák and Volkov Regarding Hereditarily Finitely Based Identities" (2014). Mathematics Faculty Articles. 14.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/math_facarticles/14
ORCID ID
0000-0002-1662-3734
ResearcherID
I-6970-2013
DOI
10.1007/s10998-014-0018-3
Comments
Mathematics Subject Classification
20M05