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So pick x 2 S such that s D xds. Then . ese/ 1 dsed D xdedsed D xd dsd D xds D s: Similarly, if t 2 L, then . t // D t . We now analyze in some detail the structure of a particular semigroup. Our motive is that this allows us to analyze the structure of the smallest ideal of any semigroup that has a minimal left ideal with an idempotent. 63. Let X be a left zero semigroup, let Y be a right zero semigroup, and let G be a group. Let e be the identity of G, fix u 2 X and v 2 Y and let Œ ; W Y X !
That is, e D f e so eÄR f as required. 36, we are justified in making the following definition. 37. Let S be a semigroup. S/ and e is minimal with respect to any (hence all) of the orders Ä, ÄR , or ÄL . 5 Idempotents and Order 19 We see that the notions of “minimal idempotent” and “minimal left ideal” and “minimal right ideal” are intimately related. We remind the reader that there is a corresponding “right” version of the following theorem. 38. S/. (a) If e is a member of some minimal left ideal (equivalently if Se is a minimal left ideal), then e is a minimal idempotent.
Let S D ¹f 2 NN W f is one-to-one and N nf ŒN is infiniteº. S; ı/ is left simple (so S is a minimal left ideal of S) and S has no idempotents. 4. Suppose that a minimal left ideal L of a semigroup is commutative. Prove that L is a group. 5. Let S be a semigroup and assume that there is a minimal left ideal of S. S / is commutative, then it is a group. 7 Minimal Left Ideals with Idempotents We present here several results that have as hypothesis “Let S be a semigroup and assume that there is a minimal left ideal of S which has an idempotent”.