On orientation-preserving transformations of a chain

Abstract

In this paper we introduce the notion of an orientation-preserving transformation on an arbitrary chain, as a natural extension for infinite chains of the well known concept for finite chains introduced in 1998 by McAlister \cite{McAlister:1998} and, independently, in 1999 by Catarino and Higgins \cite{Catarino&Higgins:1999}. We consider the monoid $\mathscr{POP}(X)$ of all orientation-preserving partial transformations on a finite or infinite chain $X$ and its submonoids $\mathscr{OP}(X)$ and $\mathscr{POPJ}(X)$ of all orientation-preserving full transformations and of all orientation-preserving partial permutations on $X$, respectively. The monoid $\mathscr{PO}(X)$ of all order-preserving partial transformations on $X$ and its injective counterpart $\mathscr{POJ}(X)$ are also considered. We study the regularity and give descriptions of the Green's relations of the monoids $\mathscr{POP}(X)$, $\mathscr{PO}(X)$, $\mathscr{OP}(X)$, $\mathscr{POPJ}(X)$ and $\mathscr{POJ}(X)$.