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Word hyperbolic semigroups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2004

ANDREW DUNCAN
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU. e-mail: a.duncan@ncl.ac.uk
ROBERT H. GILMAN
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, U.S.A. e-mail: rgilman@math.stevens.edu

Abstract

A language-theoretic definition of word hyperbolic semigroup is given, which coincides with the original definition for a group. Word problems of semigroups are also considered.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2004 Cambridge Philosophical Society

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