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Classical Finite Transformation Semigroups – 1. Motivation and expectations
Well, this is my research area: finite transformation semigroups. An introduction on this topic was long time due. We have a few introductory books on semigroup theory, and obviously transformation semigroups are mentioned but not as the main focus. This is surprising knowing the fact transformations have the same role in semigroup theory as permutations in group theory.
Motivations to read it:
- The topic is so fundamental, that being a semigroupist this is a must check.
- Though the field is young, it is already quite wide, so there is chance that we missed a paper somewhere containing some trick which could save us a month’s work in research.
The book itself is a very nice Springer hardcover (what a privilege to have a book like this!).
The usual Latex typeset with figures done by XYpic (that’s my guess, pretty sure though).
I don’t know the authors, never seen any publications before, so my expectations are really based on what is on the cover. So there are high expectations for this book, so I’ll start. We’ll see…
Book info:
Classical Finite Transformation Semigroups, An Introduction
Series: Algebra and Applications , Vol. 9 Ganyushkin, Olexandr, Mazorchuk, Volodymyr
2008, Approx. 340 p. 4 illus., Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-84800-280-7.
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