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A Class of Right-Orderable Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

R. T. Botto Mura
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
A. H. Rhemtulla
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
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Abstract

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A group g is called right-orderable (or an ro-group) if there exists an order relation ≦ on g such that ab implies acbe for all a, b, c in g. this is equivalent to the existence of a subsemigroup p of g such that pp-1 = ﹛e﹜ and pp-1 = g. given the order relation ≦, p can be taken to be the set of positive elements and conversely, given p, define ab if and only if ba-1ϵ p. a group g together with a given right-order relation on g is called right-ordered.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1977

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