Semigroup and category-theoretic approaches to partial symmetry

This thesis is about trying to understand various aspects of partial symmetry using ideas from semigroup and category theory. In Chapter 2 it is shown that the left Rees monoids underlying self-similar group actions are precisely monoid HNN-extensions. In particular it is shown that every group HNN-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wallis, Alistair R.
Other Authors: Lawson, Mark V. ; Howie, Jim
Published: Heriot-Watt University 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.681946