Semigroup Forum (print , electronic ) is a

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. The journal serves as a platform for the speedy and efficient transmission of information on current research in

semigroup theory In mathematics, a semigroup is an algebraic structure consisting of a set together with an associative internal binary operation on it. The binary operation of a semigroup is most often denoted multiplicatively: ''x''·''y'', or simply ''xy ...

. Coverage in the journal includes: algebraic semigroups,

topological semigroup In mathematics, a topological semigroup is a semigroup that is simultaneously a topological space, and whose semigroup operation is continuous.Artur Hideyuki TomitaOn sequentially compact both-sides cancellative semigroups with sequentially continu ...

s, partially ordered semigroups, semigroups of measures and harmonic analysis on semigroups,

transformation semigroup In algebra, a transformation semigroup (or composition semigroup) is a collection of transformations ( functions from a set to itself) that is closed under function composition. If it includes the identity function, it is a monoid, called a transf ...

s, and applications of semigroup theory to other disciplines such as

ring theory In algebra, ring theory is the study of rings— algebraic structures in which addition and multiplication are defined and have similar properties to those operations defined for the integers. Ring theory studies the structure of rings, their re ...

category theory Category theory is a general theory of mathematical structures and their relations that was introduced by Samuel Eilenberg and Saunders Mac Lane in the middle of the 20th century in their foundational work on algebraic topology. Nowadays, cate ...

, automata, and logic. Semigroups of operators were initially considered off-topic, but began being included in the journal in 1985.

Semigroup Forum features survey and research articles. It also contains research announcements, which describe new results, mostly without proofs, of full length papers appearing elsewhere as well as short notes, which detail such information as new proofs, significant generalizations of known facts, comments on unsolved problems, and historical remarks. In addition, the journal contains research problems; announcements of conferences, seminars, and symposia on semigroup theory; abstracts and bibliographical items; as well as listings of books, papers, and lecture notes of interest.

History

The journal published its first issue in 1970.. It is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, SCOPUS, and Zentralblatt Math. "''Semigroup Forum'' was a pioneering journal ... one of the early instances of a highly specialized journal, of which there are now many. Indeed, it was during the 1960s that many of the current specialised journals began to appear, probably in connection with research specialization ...among many other examples, the journals

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, and

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were launched in 1962, 1964, 1966 and 1996 respectively. ''Semigroup Forum'' simply followed in this trend, with academic publishers realizing that there was a market for such narrowly focused journals. This journal has been called "in many ways a point of crystallization for semigroup theory and its community", and "an indicator of a field which is mathematically active".. As quoted by .

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