Congruence lattices of finite diagram monoids

Abstract

We give a complete description of the congruence lattices of the following finite diagram monoids: the partition monoid, the planar partition monoid, the Brauer monoid, the Jones monoid (also known as the Temperley–Lieb monoid), the Motzkin monoid, and the partial Brauer monoid. All the congruences under discussion arise as special instances of a new construction, involving an ideal I , a retraction I → M onto the minimal ideal, a congruence on M, and a normal subgroup of a maximal subgroup outside I.