Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2009
Let 
 be an arbitrary semigroup. A congruence γ on 
 is a group congruence if 
/γ is a group. The set of group congruences on 
 is non-empty since 
 × 
 is a group congruence. The lattice of congruences on a semigroup 
 will be denoted by 
(
) and the set of group congruences on 
 will be denoted by 
(
). If 
(
) is a lattice then it is modular and γ ∨ ρ = γ ο ρ = ρ ο γ for all γ, ρ ε 
(
). The main result is that γ ν ρ = γ ο ρ ο γ for any γ ε 
(
) and ρ ε 
(
) (whence every element of the set 
(
) is dually right modular in 
(
). This result has appeared, for particular classes of semigroups, many times in the literature. Also γ ν ρ = γ ο ρ ο γ = ρ ο γ ο ρ for all γ, ρ ε 
(
) which is similar to the well known result for the join of congruences on a group. Furthermore, if γ ∩ ρ ε 
(
) then γ ν ρ = γ ο ρ = ρ ο γ.