This is an elementary introduction to the representation theory of finite semigroups. We illustrate the Clifford–Munn correspondence between the representations of a semigroup and the representations of its maximal subgroups. The emphasis throughout is on naturally occurring examples.

中文翻译：

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有同情心的怀疑论者的半群表示指南

这是对有限半群的表示理论的基本介绍。我们说明了半群的表示与其最大子群的表示之间的 Clifford-Munn 对应关系。贯穿始终的重点是自然发生的例子。