We explore some properties of Schreier split epimorphisms between monoids, which correspond to monoid actions. In particular, we prove that the split short five lemma holds for monoids, when it is restricted to Schreier split epimorphisms, and that any Schreier reflexive relation is transitive, partially recovering in monoids a classical property of Mal'tsev varieties.
a b s t r a c tWe describe actions, semidirect products and crossed modules in categories of monoids with operations. Moreover we characterize, in this context, the internal categories corresponding to crossed modules. Concrete examples in the cases of monoids, semirings and distributive lattices are given.
We investigate the notion of pointed S-protomodular category, with respect to a suitable class S of points, and we prove that these categories satisfy, relatively to the class S, many partial aspects of the properties of Mal'tsev and protomodular categories, like the split short five lemma for S-split exact sequences, or the fact that a reflexive S-relation is transitive.The main examples of S-protomodular categories are the category of monoids and, more generally, any category of monoids with operations, where the class S is the class of Schreier points.
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