Abstract
We show that the submonoid of all n×n triangular tropical matrices satisfies a nontrivial semigroup identity and provide a generic construction for classes of such identities. The utilization of the Fibonacci number formula gives us an upper bound on the length of these 2-variable semigroup identities.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 145-161 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Semigroup Forum |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Idempotent semirings
- Monoid representations
- Semigroup identities
- Semigroup varieties
- Tropical (max-plus) matrix algebra