Finite Nilpotent Semigroups of Small Coclass
Andreas Distler · Communications in Algebra · 2013
The parameter coclass has been used successfully in the study of nilpotent algebraic objects of different kinds. In this article a definition of coclass for nilpotent semigroups is introduced and semigroups of coclass 0, 1, and 2 are classified. Presentations for all such semigroups and formulae for their numbers are obtained. The classification is provided up to isomorphism as well as up to isomorphism or anti-isomorphism. Commutative and self-dual semigroups are identified within the classification.