Epimorphisms and convex varieties of posemigroups
摘要
In this paper we introduce lower convex [upper convex] and convex posemigroups and using these notions we characterize saturated permutative varieties of posemigroups. Our results extend the characterization of N. M. Khan [J. Aust. Math. Soc. (Ser. A) 38, 186–197 (1985)] in the category of posemigroups. Further, N. M. Khan [Bull. Aust. Math. Soc. 38, 419–425 (1983)], provided sufficient conditions for homotypical and heterotypical varieties of semigroups, respectively, to be saturated. We prove that these are also the sufficient conditions for such varieties to be saturated in the category of posemigroups if they are convex. We exhibit examples to illustrate that by dropping convexity any such variety is not saturated.