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preprint2026arXiv

Resilient AI Supercomputer Networking using MRC and SRv6

Tail latency dominates the performance of synchronous pretraining jobs when running at very large scales. We describe a three-pronged approach: (1) a new RDMA-based transport protocol, MRC, sprays across many paths and actively load-balances between them, eliminating the issue of flow collisions (2) the use of multi-plane Clos topologies to get the benefits of high switch radix and redundancy, allowing training clusters well over 100K GPUs to be built as two-tier topologies while increasing physical redundancy, and (3) the use of static source-routing using SRv6 to allow MRC the freedom to bypass failures by itself. We describe our experiences running MRC and static SRv6 routing in production in OpenAI and Microsoft's largest training clusters, where it has been used to train the latest frontier models. We demonstrate how MRC allows AI training jobs to ride out many network failures that previously would have interrupted training.

preprint2018arXiv

Conjugacy in inverse semigroups

In a group $G$, elements $a$ and $b$ are conjugate if there exists $g\in G$ such that $g^{-1} ag=b$. This conjugacy relation, which plays an important role in group theory, can be extended in a natural way to inverse semigroups: for elements $a$ and $b$ in an inverse semigroup $S$, $a$ is conjugate to $b$, which we will write as $a\sim_{\mathrm{i}} b$, if there exists $g\in S^1$ such that $g^{-1} ag=b$ and $gbg^{-1} =a$. The purpose of this paper is to study the conjugacy $\sim_{\mathrm{i}}$ in several classes of inverse semigroups: symmetric inverse semigroups, free inverse semigroups, McAllister $P$-semigroups, factorizable inverse monoids, Clifford semigroups, the bicyclic monoid and stable inverse semigroups.

preprint2014arXiv

The rank of the semigroup of transformations stabilising a partition of a finite set

Let $\mathcal{P}$ be a partition of a finite set $X$. We say that a full transformation $f:X\to X$ preserves (or stabilizes) the partition $\mathcal{P}$ if for all $P\in \mathcal{P}$ there exists $Q\in \mathcal{P}$ such that $Pf\subseteq Q$. Let $T(X,\mathcal{P})$ denote the semigroup of all full transformations of $X$ that preserve the partition $\mathcal{P}$. In 2005 Huisheng found an upper bound for the minimum size of the generating sets of $T(X,\mathcal{P})$, when $\mathcal{P}$ is a partition in which all of its parts have the same size. In addition, Huisheng conjectured that his bound was exact. In 2009 the first and last authors used representation theory to completely solve Hisheng's conjecture. The goal of this paper is to solve the much more complex problem of finding the minimum size of the generating sets of $T(X,\mathcal{P})$, when $\mathcal{P}$ is an arbitrary partition. Again we use representation theory to find the minimum number of elements needed to generate the wreath product of finitely many symmetric groups, and then use this result to solve the problem. The paper ends with a number of problems for experts in group and semigroup theories.

preprint2013arXiv

Inverse semigroups with idempotent-fixing automorphisms

A celebrated result of J. Thompson says that if a finite group $G$ has a fixed-point-free automorphism of prime order, then $G$ is nilpotent. The main purpose of this note is to extend this result to finite inverse semigroups. An earlier related result of B. H. Neumann says that a uniquely 2-divisible group with a fixed-point-free automorphism of order 2 is abelian. We similarly extend this result to uniquely 2-divisible inverse semigroups.

preprint2012arXiv

A 2-base for inverse semigroups

An open problem in the theory of inverse semigroups was whether the variety of such semigroups, when viewed as algebras with a binary operation and a unary operation, is 2-based, that is, has a base for its identities consisting of 2 independent axioms. In this note, we announce the affirmative solution to this problem: the identities \[ \quad x(x'x) = x \qquad \quad x (x' (y (y' ((z u)' w')'))) = y (y' (x (x' ((w z) u)))) \] form a base for inverse semigroups where ${}'$ turns out to be the natural inverse operation. We recount here the history of the problem including our previous efforts to find a 2-base using automated deduction and the method that finally worked. We describe our efforts to simplify the proof using \textsc{Prover9}, present the simplified proof itself and conclude with some open problems.

preprint2011arXiv

Independent axiom systems for nearlattices

A nearlattice is a join semilattice such that every principal filter is a lattice with respect to the induced order. Hickman and later Chajda et al independently showed that nearlattices can be treated as varieties of algebras with a ternary operation satisfying certain axioms. Our main result is that the variety of nearlattices is 2-based, and we exhibit an explicit axiom system of two independent identities. We also show that the original axiom systems of Hickman and of Chajda et al are, respectively, dependent.

preprint2011arXiv

On a problem of M. Kambites regarding abundant semigroups

A semigroup is \emph{regular} if it contains at least one idempotent in each $\mathcal{R}$-class and in each $\mathcal{L}$-class. A regular semigroup is \emph{inverse} if satisfies either of the following equivalent conditions: (i) there is a unique idempotent in each $\mathcal{R}$-class and in each $\mathcal{L}$-class, or (ii) the idempotents commute. Analogously, a semigroup is \emph{abundant} if it contains at least one idempotent in each $\mathcal{R}^*$-class and in each $\mathcal{L}^*$-class. An abundant semigroup is \emph{adequate} if its idempotents commute. In adequate semigroups, there is a unique idempotent in each $\mathcal{R}^*$ and $\mathcal{L}^*$-class. M. Kambites raised the question of the converse: in a finite abundant semigroup such that there is a unique idempotent in each $\mathcal{R}^*$ and $\mathcal{L}^*$-class, must the idempotents commute? In this note we use ideal extensions to provide a negative answer to this question.

preprint2010arXiv

An elegant 3-basis for inverse semigroups

It is well known that in every inverse semigroup the binary operation and the unary operation of inversion satisfy the following three identities: [\quad x=(xx')x \qquad \quad (xx')(y'y)=(y'y)(xx') \qquad \quad (xy)z=x(yz"). ] The goal of this note is to prove the converse, that is, we prove that an algebra of type $<2,1>$ satisfying these three identities is an inverse semigroup and the unary operation coincides with the usual inversion on such semigroups.

preprint2010arXiv

Axioms for unary semigroups via division operations

When a semigroup has a unary operation, it is possible to define two binary operations, namely, left and right division. In addition it is well known that groups can be defined in terms of those two divisions. The aim of this paper is to extend those results to other classes of unary semigroups. In the first part of the paper we provide characterizations for several classes of unary semigroups, including (a special class of) E-inversive, regular, completely regular, inverse, Clifford, etc., in terms of left and right division. In the second part we solve a problem that was posed elsewhere. The paper closes with a list of open problems.

preprint2010arXiv

Minimal paths in the commuting graphs of semigroups

Let $S$ be a finite non-commutative semigroup. The commuting graph of $S$, denoted $\cg(S)$, is the graph whose vertices are the non-central elements of $S$ and whose edges are the sets $\{a,b\}$ of vertices such that $a\ne b$ and $ab=ba$. Denote by $T(X)$ the semigroup of full transformations on a finite set $X$. Let $J$ be any ideal of $T(X)$ such that $J$ is different from the ideal of constant transformations on $X$. We prove that if $|X|\geq4$, then, with a few exceptions, the diameter of $\cg(J)$ is 5. On the other hand, we prove that for every positive integer $n$, there exists a semigroup $S$ such that the diameter of $\cg(S)$ is $n$. We also study the left paths in $\cg(S)$, that is, paths $a_1-a_2-...-a_m$ such that $a_1\ne a_m$ and $a_1a_i=a_ma_i$ for all $i\in \{1,\ldot, m\}$. We prove that for every positive integer $n\geq2$, except $n=3$, there exists a semigroup whose shortest left path has length $n$. As a corollary, we use the previous results to solve a purely algebraic old problem posed by B.M. Schein.