Krohn-Rhodes complexity pseudovarieties are not finitely based

Rhodes, John; Steinberg, Benjamin

RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 39 (2005) no. 1, pp. 279-296

We prove that the pseudovariety of monoids of Krohn-Rhodes complexity at most $n$ is not finitely based for all $n>0$. More specifically, for each pair of positive integers $n,k$, we construct a monoid of complexity $n+1$, all of whose $k$-generated submonoids have complexity at most $n$.

Classification : 20M07
Keywords: complexity, finite basis problem, the presentation lemma

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