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On Rhodes expansions of bands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

H. Sezinando
Affiliation:
Centro De Álgebra, Universidade De Lisboa Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 2, 1699 Lisboa CodexPortugal E-mail address: mhelena@ptmat.lmc.fc.ul.pt
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Abstract

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We present a direct computation of the Rhodes expansions of the free objects in the varieties of bands, based in the manipulation of the invariants in introduced by Gerhard and Petrich [4] in the study of bands.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1996

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