On universal objects in the class of graph inverse semigroups

Abstract

In this paper we show that polycyclic monoids are universal objects in the class of graph inverse semigroups. In particular, we prove that a graph inverse semigroup $G(E)$ over a directed graph $E$ embeds into the polycyclic monoid $\mathcal{P}_{\lambda}$ where $\lambda=|G(E)|$. We show that each graph inverse semigroup $G(E)$ admits the coarsest inverse semigroup topology $\tau$. Moreover, each injective homomorphism from $(G(E),\tau)$ to the $(\mathcal{P}_{|G(E)|},\tau)$ is a topological embedding.