A note on the relation $\mathcal{J}$ in $le$-semigroups

Abstract

We prove that if $S$ is a $le$-semigroup in which left ideal elements commute (condition which is called $\mathbf{\Lambda }$), then any $\mathcal{J}$-class satisfying the Green condition is a subsemigroup of $S$. As a corollary of this we show that semisimple $le$-semigroups satisfying $\mathbf{\Lambda }$ are precisely those that decompose as a semilattice of left simple $\vee e$-semigroups which are in addition semisimple, intra-regular and satisfy $\mathbf{\Lambda }$.