ON GENERALIZED ORTHOGROUPS
Xiaoming Ren, K. P. Shum · Communications in Algebra · 2001
A simple and nice structure theorem for orthogroups was given by Petrich in 1987. In this paper, we consider a generalized orthogroup, that is, a quasi-completely regular semigroup with a band of idempotents in which its set of regular elements, namely, RegS, forms an ideal of S. A method of construction of such semigroups is provided and as a result, the Petrich structure theorem of orthogroups becomes an immediate corollary of our theorem on generalized orthogroups. An example of such generalized orthogroup is also constructed. This example provides some useful information for the construction of various kinds of quasi-completely regular semigroups.