Counterexample shows isomorphism may not hold in cancellative monoids, suggesting limits of current theories.
Let H H be a (multiplicatively written) monoid. The family P fin , 1 ( H ) Pfin,1(H) of finite subsets of H H containing the identity element is itself a monoid when endowed with setwise multiplication induced by H H . Tringali and Yan proved that two monoids H 1 H_1 and H 2 H_2 contained in a special class of commutative, cancellative monoids are isomorphic if and only if P fin , 1 ( H 1 ) Pfin,1(H_1) and P fin , 1 ( H 2 ) Pfin,1(H_2) are. Moreover, they raised the question whether the same holds in the general setting of cancellative monoids. We show that if H 1 H_1 and H 2 H_2 are (commutative) valuation monoids with trivial unit groups and isomorphic quotient groups, then P fin , 1 ( H 1 )
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