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arxiv: 1508.07133 · v1 · pith:ILYTWUDQnew · submitted 2015-08-28 · 🧮 math.CO

A note-question on partitions of semigroups

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Given a semigroup $S$ and an $n$-partition $\mathcal{P}$ of $S$, $n\in \mathbb{N}$, do there exist $A\in \mathcal{P}$ and a subset $F$ of $S$ such that $S=F ^{-1} \{x \in S: x A \bigcap A\neq\emptyset\}$ and $|F |\leq n$? We give an affirmative answer provided that either $S$ is finite or $n=2$.

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