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The automata theory of semigroup embeddings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Michael Arbib
Michael Arbib
Affiliation:
Electrical Engineering Department Stanford UniversityStanford, California 94305, U.S.A.
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Abstract

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The theorem of Trevor Evans [1] that every countable semigroup can be embedded in a two-generator semigroup becomes obvious in automata theory as the statement that every countable automaton can be embedded in one with binary inputs. Standard techniques of automata theory [1], [3] yield a proof of the Evans Theorem using wreath products, as in Neumann [4].

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , August 1968 , pp. 568 - 570
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1968

References

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