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We prove that partially ordered semigroups with local units are strongly Morita equivalent if and only if they have a joint enlargement, which in turn happens if and only if the Cauchy completions of the semigroups are equivalent.
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Communicated by Mária B. Szendrei
This research was supported by Estonian Science Foundation Grant No. 8394 and by Estonian Targeted Financing Project SF0180039s08.
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Tart, L. Strong Morita equivalence for ordered semigroups with local units. Period Math Hung 65, 29–43 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10998-012-7140-x
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