Séminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire, B16i (1988), 2 pp.
[Formerly: Publ. I.R.M.A. Strasbourg, 1987/S-16, p. 127-128.]

Giuseppe Pirillo

Su alcune proprietà del semigruppi finiti

Abstract. Given a finite semigroup S, the smallest integer n for which S has the property P can be considered as a "measure" of how much S deviates from being abelian. This integer in the case of finite groups of order not higher than 32 has been found, also using the computer, and is at most 6, a value which is reached only in the case of the symmetric group on 4 objects.

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