ON STABILITY IN SEPARATIVE SEMIGROUP

  • Otobong Johnson Tom Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi
  • Otobong G. Udoaka Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden
  • E. S. Udofia Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden
Keywords: Stability in semigroup, Separative Semigroup, Cancellative semigroup, Semillatice decomposition, Green's Relations

Abstract

Stability, as introduced by Koch and Wallace (1956), has long stood as a central
notion in semigroup theory, ensuring that inclusions of principal ideals collapse into
equalities and that left and right structures align harmoniously. Separativity, on
the other hand, generalises cancellativity while retaining algebraic regularity, and
Burmistrovich's decomposition theorem revealed that every separative semigroup
can be expressed as a semilattice of cancellative semigroups. Yet, whether separative semigroups inherit stability in the sense of Koch and Wallace has remained
unresolved. In this work, we close this gap: we prove that semilattices of cancellative semigroups are stable, and hence every separative semigroup is inherently
stable. This result elevates stability from a supplementary condition to a built-in
feature of separative semigroups, oering a unied perspective that strengthens the
foundations of semigroup theory and deepens its structural coherence.

Author Biographies

Otobong G. Udoaka, Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden

Department of Mathematics, 

E. S. Udofia, Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden

Department of Mathematics, 

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Published
2025-09-30
How to Cite
Tom, O., Udoaka, O. G., & Udofia, E. S. (2025). ON STABILITY IN SEPARATIVE SEMIGROUP. IJO - International Journal of Mathematics (ISSN: 2992-4421 ), 8(09), 01-09. Retrieved from https://ijojournals.com/index.php/m/article/view/1141