A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Ultrametric-preserving functions as monoid endomorphisms
Authors: Dovgoshey, Oleksiy
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication year: 2024
Journal: Journal of Mathematical Sciences
Journal name in source: Journal of Mathematical Sciences
Volume: 285
Issue: 5
First page : 666
Last page: 680
ISSN: 1072-3374
eISSN: 1573-8795
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-024-07464-8
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-024-07464-8
Additional information: Translated from Ukrains’kiĭ Matematychnyĭ Visnyk Vol. 21 No. 3 pp. 331–348 July–September 2024.
Let ℝ+ = [0,∞) and let Endℝ+ be a set of all endomorphisms of the monoid (ℝ+, ∨). The set Endℝ+ is a monoid with respect to the operation of the function composition g ○ f. It is shown that g: ℝ+ → ℝ+ is pseudoultrametric-preserving iff g ∈ Endℝ+. In particular, a function f: ℝ+ → ℝ+ is ultrametrics-preserving iff it is an endomorphism of (ℝ+, ∨) with the kernel consisting of only the zero point. We prove that a given A ⊆ End ℝ+ is a submonoid of (End, ○) iff there is a class X of pseudoultrametric spaces such that A coincides with the set of all functions that preserve the spaces from X. An explicit construction of such X is given.