Download or read book Symmetric Inverse Semigroups written by Stephen Lipscomb and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 60 figures, tables, and diagrams, this text is both an intuitive introduction to and a rigorous study of finite symmetric inverse semigroups. The book presents much of the material on the theory of finite symmetric inverse semigroups, unifying the classical finite symmetric group theory with its semigroup analogue. A comment section at the end of each chapter provides new historical perspective. New proofs, new theorems and the use of multiple figures, tables, and diagrams to present complex ideas make this book current and highly readable.