TY - BOOK AU - Lawson,Mark V TI - Inverse semigroups: the theory of partial symmetries SN - 9810233167 AV - QA182 .L39 1998 PY - 1998///] CY - Singapore, River Edge, NJ PB - World Scientific KW - Inverse semigroups N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-403) and index; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction to inverse semigroups; 2. Extending partial symmetries; 3. The natural partial order; 4. Ordered groupoids; 5. Extensions of inverse semigroups; 6. Free inverse semigroups; 7. E-unitary inverse semigroups; 8. Enlargements; 9. O-E-unitary inverse semigroups; 10. Category actions and inverse semigroups; Bibliography; Index ER -