Quasi-Ordinarization Transform of a Numerical Semigroup

Abstract

In this study, we present the notion of the quasi-ordinarization transform of a numerical semigroup. The set of all semigroups of a fixed genus can be organized in a forest whose roots are all the quasi-ordinary semigroups of the same genus. This way, we approach the conjecture on the increasingness of the cardinalities of the sets of numerical semigroups of each given genus. We analyze the number of nodes at each depth in the forest and propose new conjectures. Some properties of the quasi-ordinarization transform are presented, as well as some relations between the ordinarization and quasi-ordinarization transforms.