Regular D-classes of the semigroup of n x n tropical matrices

Abstract

In this paper we give the characterizations of Green's relations $\mathscr{R}$, $\mathscr{L}$, and $\mathscr{D}$ on the set of matrices with entries in a tropical semiring. An $m\times n$ tropical matrix $A$ is called regular if there exists an $n\times m$ tropical matrix $X$ satisfying $AXA = A$. Furthermore, we study the regular $\mathscr{D}$-classes of the semigroup of all $n\times n$ tropical matrices under multiplication and give a partition of a nonsingular regular $\mathscr{D}$-class.