On the semigroup of monoid endomorphisms of the semigroup $\mathscr{C}_{+}(a,b)$

Abstract

Let $\mathscr{C}_{+}(a,b)$ be the submonoid of the bicyclic monoid which is studied in \cite{Makanjuola-Umar=1997}. We describe monoid endomorphisms of the semigroup $\mathscr{C}_{+}(a,b)$ which are generated by the family of all congruences of the bicyclic monoid and all injective monoid endomorphisms of $\mathscr{C}_{+}(a,b)$.