Suppose that (C,*,e) is a cyclic monoid generated by the element c of C. We make the following case distinction.
0, we have cl + t
= ck + t.
Put n = l - k. We shall establish that the map Ck,n -> C sending ci to ci, is an isomorphism. Clearly, it is a bijection.
In C, we have ck + mn =
ck for all m. So, for all i,
j
N with k + mn
i + j
k + (m + 1)n, we have
This proves that the powers of c in C satisfy the multiplication laws of
Ck,n. This proves that the bijection
Ck,n -> C is a morphism of monoids,
and hence that it is an isomorphism.