Construction of Inverse Completion

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Initial Definitions

Let $\struct {S, \circ}$ be a commutative semigroup which has cancellable elements.

Let $\struct {C, \circ {\restriction_C} } \subseteq \struct {S, \circ}$ be the subsemigroup of cancellable elements of $\struct {S, \circ}$, where $\circ {\restriction_C}$ denotes the restriction of $\circ$ to $C$.


Cartesian Product with Cancellable Elements

Let $\struct {S \times C, \oplus}$ be the external direct product of $\struct {S, \circ}$ and $\struct {C, \circ {\restriction_C} }$, where $\oplus$ is the operation on $S \times C$ induced by $\circ$ on $S$ and $\circ {\restriction_C}$ on $C$.


That is:

$\forall \tuple {x, y}, \tuple {u, v} \in S \times C: \tuple {x, y} \oplus \tuple {u, v} = \tuple {x \circ u, y \mathop {\circ {\restriction_C} } v}$


Then $\struct {S \times C, \oplus}$ is a commutative semigroup.


Congruence Relation

The cross-relation $\boxtimes$ is a congruence relation on $\struct {S \times C, \oplus}$.


Members of Equivalence Classes

$\forall x, y \in S, a, b \in C:$

$(1): \quad \tuple {x \circ a, a} \boxtimes \tuple {y \circ b, b} \iff x = y$
$(2): \quad \eqclass {\tuple {x \circ a, y \circ a} } \boxtimes = \eqclass {\tuple {x, y} } \boxtimes$

where $\eqclass {\tuple {x, y} } \boxtimes$ is the equivalence class of $\tuple {x, y}$ under $\boxtimes$.


Equivalence Class of Equal Elements

$\forall c, d \in C: \tuple {c, c} \boxtimes \tuple {d, d}$


Natural Number Difference

In the context of the natural numbers, the difference is defined as:

$n - m = p \iff m + p = n$

from which it can be seen that the above congruence can be understood as:

$\tuple {x_1, y_1} \boxtimes \tuple {x_2, y_2} \iff x_1 + y_2 = x_2 + y_1 \iff x_1 - y_1 = x_2 - y_2$

Thus this congruence defines an equivalence between pairs of elements which have the same difference.


Quotient Structure

Let the quotient structure defined by $\boxtimes$ be:

$\struct {T', \oplus'} := \struct {\dfrac {S \times C} \boxtimes, \oplus_\boxtimes}$

where $\oplus_\boxtimes$ is the operation induced on $\dfrac {S \times C} \boxtimes$ by $\oplus$.


Quotient Structure is Commutative Semigroup

$\struct {T', \oplus'}$ is a commutative semigroup.


Quotient Mapping is Injective

Let the mapping $\psi: S \to T'$ be defined as:

$\forall x \in S: \map \psi x = \eqclass {\tuple {x \circ a, a} } \boxtimes$


Then $\psi: S \to T'$ is an injection, and does not depend on the particular element $a$ chosen.


Quotient Mapping is Monomorphism

The mapping $\psi: S \to T'$ is a monomorphism.


Image of Quotient Mapping is Subsemigroup

Let $S'$ be the image $\psi \sqbrk S$ of $S$.

Then $\struct {S', \oplus'}$ is a subsemigroup of $\struct {T', \oplus'}$.


Quotient Mapping to Image is Isomorphism

Let $S'$ be the image $\psi \sqbrk S$ of $S$.

Then $\psi$ is an isomorphism from $S$ onto $S'$.


Image of Cancellable Elements in Quotient Mapping

The set $C'$ of cancellable elements of the semigroup $S'$ is $\psi \sqbrk C$.


Properties of Quotient Structure

Identity of Quotient Structure

Let $c \in C$ be arbitrary.

Then:

$\eqclass {\tuple {c, c} } \boxtimes$

is the identity of $T'$.


Invertible Elements in Quotient Structure

Every cancellable element of $S'$ is invertible in $T'$.


Generator for Quotient Structure

$T' = S' \cup \paren {C'}^{-1}$ is a generator for the semigroup $T'$.


Quotient Structure is Inverse Completion

$T'$ is an inverse completion of its subsemigroup $S'$.


Notes



Elements of $T'$ are equivalence classes of ordered pairs $\tuple {x, y}$ where $x \in S, y \in C$.

Each of the elements of $\eqclass {\tuple {x, y} } \boxtimes$ is such that $x \circ y^{-1}$ have the same value, where $y^{-1} \in C^{-1}$.

Hence is it a natural progression to define an operation $\odot$, say, such that:

$x \odot y \equiv x \circ y^{-1}$

In the context of the integers, this operation is minus, hence:

$x - y \equiv x + \paren {-y}$

In the context of the rational numbers, this operation is division, hence:

$\dfrac x y \equiv x \times y^{-1}$


Each element of $S$, and hence in $C$, is identified (via the isomorphism $\psi$) with one of these equivalence classes.

If $S$ is a monoid, then it has an identity $e_S$, say, which is in $C$.

Hence:

$\forall x \in C: \map \psi x = \eqclass {\tuple {x, e_S} } \boxtimes$

In particular:

$\map \psi {e_S} = \eqclass {\tuple {e_S, e_S} } \boxtimes$


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