Small monoids generating varieties with uncountably many subvarieties

Abstract

An algebra that generates a variety with uncountably many subvarieties is said to be of type $2^{{\aleph }_0}$. We show that the Rees quotient monoid $M(aabb)$ of order ten is of type $2^{{\aleph }_0}$, thereby affirmatively answering a recent question of Glasson. As a corollary, we exhibit a new example of type $2^{{\aleph }_0}$ monoid of order six, which turns out to be minimal and the first of its kind that is finitely based.