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The natural generalization of Haar measure onto semigroups doesn't feel harmonious (as even the material already provided in this thread seems to indicate). Thus let me introduce two other notions: strict and liberal. When a semigroup is actually a group then its liberal measures (henceforth the strict too) are invariant, as seen below. By invariance I mean a one-sided invariance (I don't know which side though since I am ambidextrous :-)


**NOTATION** Let $\ (G\ \cdot)\ $ be a semigroup. Let $\ c\in G.\ $ Then let $\ m_c : G\rightarrow G\ $ be defined by: $\ m_c(x) = x\cdot c\ $ for every $\ x\in G$.
Let $\ (G\ \cdot)\ $ be a semigroup. Let $\ \mu\ $ be a $\sigma$-measure in $G$ (with its respective $\sigma$-algebra). Measure $\mu$ is called *liberal* $\ \Leftarrow:\Rightarrow\ $ for every measurable set $\ A\subseteq G\ $ such that $\ m_c^{-1}(m_c(A))\ = A\ $, and for every $\ c\in G,\ $ there exists a measurable $\ B\subseteq G\ $ such that $\ m_c(A)\subseteq B\ $ and $\ \mu(A)\ge\mu(B)$.

Also, measure $\ \mu\ $ is called strict $\ \Leftarrow:\Rightarrow\ $ for every measurable $\ A\subseteq G\ $ there exists a measurable $\ B\subseteq G\ $ such that $m_c(A)\subseteq B\ $ and $\ \mu(A)\ge \mu(B)$.

Thus every strict measure is liberal is strict (while there are simple examples of non-strict liberal measures). Nevertheless, even in the liberal case, they are all invariant in the case of any group. Next, in the case of finite semigroups, cardinality is a strict measure. It'd be awesome (:-) to connect the general liberal and strict measures with the structure of finite semigroups. And in the case of (infinite) topological semigroups we would get a lot to think about it seems.

The natural generalization of Haar measure onto semigroups doesn't feel harmonious (as even the material already provided in this thread seems to indicate). Thus let me introduce two other notions: strict and liberal. When a semigroup is actually a group then its liberal measures (henceforth the strict too) are invariant. By invariance I mean a one-sided invariance (I don't know which side though since I am ambidextrous :-)


**NOTATION** Let $\ (G\ \cdot)\ $ be a semigroup. Let $\ c\in G.\ $ Then let $\ m_c : G\rightarrow G\ $ be defined by: $\ m_c(x) = x\cdot c\ $ for every $\ x\in G$.
Let $\ (G\ \cdot)\ $ be a semigroup. Let $\ \mu\ $ be a $\sigma$-measure in $G$ (with its respective $\sigma$-algebra). Measure $\mu$ is called *liberal* $\ \Leftarrow:\Rightarrow\ $ for every measurable set $\ A\subseteq G\ $ such that $\ m_c^{-1}(m_c(A))\ = A\ $, and for every $\ c\in G,\ $ there exists a measurable $\ B\subseteq G\ $ such that $\ m_c(A)\subseteq B\ $ and $\ \mu(A)\ge\mu(B)$.

Also, measure $\ \mu\ $ is called strict $\ \Leftarrow:\Rightarrow\ $ for every measurable $\ A\subseteq G\ $ there exists a measurable $\ B\subseteq G\ $ such that $m_c(A)\subseteq B\ $ and $\ \mu(A)\ge \mu(B)$.

Thus every strict measure is liberal is strict (while there are simple examples of non-strict liberal measures). Nevertheless, even in the liberal case, they are all invariant in the case of any group. Next, in the case of finite semigroups, cardinality is a strict measure. It'd be awesome (:-) to connect the general liberal and strict measures with the structure of finite semigroups. And in the case of (infinite) topological semigroups we would get a lot to think about it seems.

The natural generalization of Haar measure onto semigroups doesn't feel harmonious (as even the material already provided in this thread seems to indicate). Thus let me introduce two other notions: strict and liberal. When a semigroup is actually a group then its liberal measures (henceforth the strict too) are invariant, as seen below. By invariance I mean a one-sided invariance (I don't know which side though since I am ambidextrous :-)


**NOTATION** Let $\ (G\ \cdot)\ $ be a semigroup. Let $\ c\in G.\ $ Then let $\ m_c : G\rightarrow G\ $ be defined by: $\ m_c(x) = x\cdot c\ $ for every $\ x\in G$.
Let $\ (G\ \cdot)\ $ be a semigroup. Let $\ \mu\ $ be a $\sigma$-measure in $G$ (with its respective $\sigma$-algebra). Measure $\mu$ is called *liberal* $\ \Leftarrow:\Rightarrow\ $ for every measurable set $\ A\subseteq G\ $ such that $\ m_c^{-1}(m_c(A))\ = A\ $, and for every $\ c\in G,\ $ there exists a measurable $\ B\subseteq G\ $ such that $\ m_c(A)\subseteq B\ $ and $\ \mu(A)\ge\mu(B)$.

Also, measure $\ \mu\ $ is called strict $\ \Leftarrow:\Rightarrow\ $ for every measurable $\ A\subseteq G\ $ there exists a measurable $\ B\subseteq G\ $ such that $m_c(A)\subseteq B\ $ and $\ \mu(A)\ge \mu(B)$.

Thus every strict measure is liberal is strict (while there are simple examples of non-strict liberal measures). Nevertheless, even in the liberal case, they are all invariant in the case of any group. Next, in the case of finite semigroups, cardinality is a strict measure. It'd be awesome (:-) to connect the general liberal and strict measures with the structure of finite semigroups. And in the case of (infinite) topological semigroups we would get a lot to think about it seems.

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The natural generalization of Haar measure onto semigroups doesn't feel harmonious (as even the material already provided in this thread seems to indicate). Thus let me introduce two other notions: strict and liberal. When a semigroup is actually a group then its liberal measures (henceforth the strict too) are invariant. By invariance I mean a one-sided invariance (I don't know which side though since I am ambidextrous :-)


**NOTATION** Let $\ (G\ \cdot)\ $ be a semigroup. Let $\ c\in G.\ $ Then let $\ m_c : G\rightarrow G\ $ be defined by: $\ m_c(x) = x\cdot c\ $ for every $\ x\in G$.
Let $\ (G\ \cdot)\ $ be a semigroup. Let $\ \mu\ $ be a $\sigma$-measure in $G$ (with its respective $\sigma$-algebra). Measure $\mu$ is called *liberal* $\ \Leftarrow:\Rightarrow\ $ for every measurable set $\ A\subseteq G\ $ such that $\ m_c^{-1}(m_c(A))\ = A\ $, and for every $\ c\in G,\ $ there exists a measurable $\ B\subseteq G\ $ such that $\ m_c(A)\subseteq B\ $ and $\ \mu(A)\ge\mu(B)$.

Also, measure $\ \mu\ $ is called strict $\ \Leftarrow:\Rightarrow\ $ for every measurable $\ A\subseteq G\ $ there exists a measurable $\ B\subseteq G\ $ such that $m_c(A)\subseteq B\ $ and $\ \mu(A)\ge \mu(B)$.

Thus every strict measure is liberal is strict (while there are simple examples of non-strict liberal measures). Nevertheless, even in the liberal case, they are all invariant in the case of any group. Next, in the case of finite semigroups, cardinality is a strict measure. It'd be awesome (:-) to connect the general liberal and strict measures with the structure of finite semigroups. And in the case of (infinite) topological semigroups we would get a lot to think about it seems.