On normed semigroups

Abstract

The paper begins by exploring the various definitions of norms on semigroups and then presents a new definition of a normed semigroup. The properties of normed semigroups in the new sense are investigated. The new definition of the norm is used to establish a general result on topological regular semigroups which is then used to prove the surprising result that the semigroup M_n(K) is not a topological regular semigroup.

arXiv comment10 pages, 1 figure