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A semigroup is a set $S$ together with a binary operation that is associative. Examples of semigroups are the set of finite strings over a fixed alphabet (under concatenation) and the positive integers (under addition, maximum, or minimum). A monoid is a semigroup with a neutral element. Of course, any group is also a monoid/semigroup.
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Does every finite poset have a rigid endomorphism?
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In this post, an order-preserving self-map of a poset $X$ will be called an endomorphism of $X$, and such an endomorphism $f$ will be called rigid if the only automorphism …
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Does every set have a rigid self-map?
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A self-map is a map $f:X\to X$ from a set $X$ to itself. There is an obvious notion of morphism, and thus of iso …
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