On the semigroup of monoid endomorphisms of the semigroup $\mathscr{C}_{+}(a,b)$
Oleg Gutik, Sher-Ali Penza
TL;DR
This paper analyzes endomorphisms of the submonoid $\mathscr{C}_{+}(a,b)$ of the bicyclic monoid. It first classifies endomorphisms that extend from bicyclic monoid homomorphisms, revealing two natural families $\lambda_k$ and $\sigma_{l,m}$ with explicit semigroup structures and an ideal, and then classifies injective endomorphisms as either $\lambda_{n,s}$ or $\lambda_{p,s}\varsigma^{n}$ with a concrete multiplication rule on index triples that embeds the injective endomorphism semigroup into $\mathbb{N}^3$; analogous results hold for $\mathscr{C}_{-}(a,b)$. The results provide a complete algebraic description of how endomorphisms act on these submonoids and their interaction with the bicyclic structure, including ideal and semidirect-product-like compositions.
Abstract
Let $\mathscr{C}_{+}(a,b)$ be the submonoid of the bicyclic monoid which is studied in \cite{Makanjuola-Umar=1997}. We describe monoid endomorphisms of the semigroup $\mathscr{C}_{+}(a,b)$ which are generated by the family of all congruences of the bicyclic monoid and all injective monoid endomorphisms of $\mathscr{C}_{+}(a,b)$.
