Cross-connections and variants of the full transformation semigroup

Cross-connection theory propounded by K. S. S. Nambooripad describes the ideal structure of a regular semigroup using the categories of principal left (right) ideals. A variant $\mathscr{T}_X^\theta$ of the full transformation semigroup $(\mathscr{T}_X,\cdot)$ for an arbitrary $\theta \in \mathscr{T}_X$ is the semigroup $\mathscr{T}_X^\theta= (\mathscr{T}_X,\ast)$ with the binary operation $\alpha \ast \beta = \alpha\cdot\theta\cdot\beta$ where $\alpha, \beta \in \mathscr{T}_X$. In this article, we describe the ideal structure of the regular part $Reg(\mathscr{T}_X^\theta)$ of the variant of the full transformation semigroup using cross-connections. We characterize the constituent categories of $Reg(\mathscr{T}_X^\theta)$ and describe how they are \emph{cross-connected} by a functor induced by the sandwich transformation $\theta$. This lead us to a structure theorem for the semigroup and give the representation of $Reg(\mathscr{T}_X^\theta)$ as a cross-connection semigroup. Using this, we give a description of the biordered set and the sandwich sets of the semigroup

Cross-connections of the singular transformation semigroup

Cross-connection is a construction of regular semigroups using certain categories called normal categories which are abstractions of the partially ordered sets of principal left (right) ideals of a semigroup. We describe the cross-connections in the semigroup $Sing(X)$ of all non-invertible transformations on a set $X$. The categories involved are characterized as the powerset category $\mathscr{P}(X)$ and the category of partitions $\Pi(X)$. We describe these categories and show how a permutation on $X$ gives rise to a cross-connection. Further we prove that every cross-connection between them is induced by a permutation and construct the regular semigroups that arise from the cross-connections. We show that each of the cross-connection semigroups arising this way is isomorphic to $Sing(X)$. We also describe the right reductive subsemigroups of $Sing(X)$ with the category of principal left ideals isomorphic to $\mathscr{P}(X)$. This study sheds light into the more general theory of cross-connections and also provides an alternate way of studying the structure of $Sing(X)$

Cross-connection structure of concordant semigroups

Cross-connection theory provides the construction of a semigroup from its ideal structure using small categories. A concordant semigroup is an idempotent-connected abundant semigroup whose idempotents generate a regular subsemigroup. We characterize the categories arising from the generalised Green relations in the concordant semigroup as consistent categories and describe their interrelationship using cross-connections. Conversely, given a pair of cross-connected consistent categories, we build a concordant semigroup. We use this correspondence to prove a category equivalence between the category of concordant semigroups and the category of cross-connected consistent categories. In the process, we illustrate how our construction is a generalisation of Nambooripad's cross-connection analysis of regular semigroups. We also identify the inductive cancellative category associated with a pair of cross-connected consistent categories

A Tale of Two Categories: Inductive Groupoids and Cross-connections

A groupoid is a small category in which all morphisms are isomorphisms. An inductive groupoid is a specialized groupoid whose object set is a regular biordered set and the morphisms admit a partial order. A normal category is a specialized small category whose object set is a strict preorder and the morphisms admit a factorization property. A pair of ‘related’ normal categories constitutes a cross-connection. Both inductive groupoids and cross-connections were identified by Nambooripad as categorical models of regular semigroups. We explore the inter-relationship between these seemingly different categorical structures and prove a direct category equivalence between the category of inductive groupoids and the category of cross-connections. © 2021 Elsevier B.V.We acknowledge the financial support by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Ural Mathematical Center project No. 075-02-2021-1387 )

Cross-connection structure of concordant semigroups

Cross-connection theory provides the construction of a semigroup from its ideal structure using small categories. A concordant semigroup is an idempotent-connected abundant semigroup whose idempotents generate a regular subsemigroup. We characterize the categories arising from the generalized Green relations in the concordant semigroup as consistent categories and describe their interrelationship using cross-connections. Conversely, given a pair of cross-connected consistent categories, we build a concordant semigroup. We use this correspondence to prove a category equivalence between the category of concordant semigroups and the category of cross-connected consistent categories. In the process, we illustrate how our construction is a generalization of the cross-connection analysis of regular semigroups. We also identify the inductive cancellative category associated with a pair of cross-connected consistent categories. © 2020 World Scientific Publishing Company.The first author acknowledges the financial support of the Competitiveness Enhancement Program of Ural Federal University, Russia during the preparation of this paper