Algebra and Discrete Mathematics, cilt.37, sa.2, ss.181-190, 2024 (ESCI)
Let Pn and Tn be the partial transformations se-migroup and the (full) transformations semigroup on the set Xn = {1, …, n}, respectively. In this paper, we first state the orbit structure of quasi-idempotents (non-idempotent element whose square is an idempotent) in Pn. Then, for 2 ≤ r ≤ n − 1, we find the quasi-idempotent ranks of the subsemigroup P K(n, r) = {α ∈ Pn: h (α) ≤ r} of Pn, and the subsemigroup K(n, r) = {α ∈ Tn: h (α) ≤ r} of Tn, where h (α) denotes the cardinality of the image set of α.