A group and the completion of its coset semigroup

Abstract

Let ${\cal K}_1(G)$ denote the inverse subsemigroup of ${\cal K}(G)$ consisting of all right cosets of all non-trivial subgroups of $G$. This paper concentrates on the study of the group $\Sigma({\cal K}_1(G))$ of all units of the completion of ${\cal K}_1(G)$. The characterizations and the representations of $\Sigma({\cal K}_1(G))$ are given when $G$ is a periodic group whose minimal subgroups permute with each other. Based on these, for such groups $G$ except some special $p$-groups, it is shown that $G$ and its coset semigroup ${\cal K}_1(G)$ are uniquely determined by each other, up to isomorphism. This extends the related results obtained by Schein in 1973.