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Is there a name for regular bands that satisfy $xyx=yx$ for all $x$,$y$?

flag	asked Jan 13 at 0:34 Roman Cheplyaka 11●3

Benjamin Steinberg · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-13 01:14:34Z UTC

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A right regular band. The dual notion of left regular bands has been used to study random walks on hyperplane arrangements and oriented matroids. The paper of Ken Brown on Semigroups, rings and Markov chains is a good place to start. My paper with Margolis and Saliola gives more details on the representation theory as does Saliola's solo paper.

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answered Jan 13 at 0:53

Benjamin Steinberg
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	Thanks! By any chance, is there a common name for left regular and right regular bands? – Roman Cheplyaka Jan 13 at 1:37
	And one more question if you don't mind: does "band monoid" mean a band which is also a monoid? – Roman Cheplyaka Jan 13 at 2:14
	There is no common name for them both. Band monoid means band which is a monoid. – Benjamin Steinberg Jan 13 at 4:14

Name for a regular band

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