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I'm trying to get the question above reopened.

If there are some mods around, it would be probably good to hear their opinion - after all, question has been closed by a mod.

In the review queue, all reviewers voted to leave closed: math.stackexchange.com/review/reopen/814408

On the other hand, this user seems to know a lot about semigroup theory (it seems to be one of their research area).

@Shaun I am not sure, but maybe adding some comments on where you already looked might improve your chances. (Although it was closed as too broad and not for lack of context.)

Hypothetical examples: "I have seen that the books Rosales, Garcia-Sanchez: Numerical Semigroups contains some open problem, but I am more interested in semigroups in general rather than numerical semigroups. Some open problems are mentioned in Higgins: Techniques of semigroup theory. However, since the book is from 1992, several of them might have been solved in the meantime."

"I have also checked the parts relevant to semigroups in Hazewinkel's Handbook of Algebra."

The above is just a fictional example. (I dd not even check whether some part of Handbook of Algebra is devoted to semigroups.)

But people might be more prone to vote to reopen if you show some effort on your side. (As you probably know, having spent some time on this site.)

Maybe other users will have some other suggestions how the post can be improved in a way which could lead to reopening.

@MartinSleziak I don't have much to add really. I suppose I could give my background or specify some type of semigroup theory to look at. I'm reading Howie's Fundamentals of Semigroup Theory if that helps. There's nothing in there so far.

Well, this is what I was able to suggest. Maybe some other users will notice your message here and they might have some better idea about what to do.

If you get more feedback here, you might try also reopen request thread - but I doubt that this could be very successful without including some reasons why you consider the closing as too broad incorrect.

I am not sure, maybe also asking J.-E.Pin for advice how the question could be improved (so that it has bigger chance to get reopened) could be a possibility.

After all, this user expressed interest in answering the question.

@DanielFischer if you happen to be around. The above question was closed by a moderator. Does it mean that it should deserve a bit more careful treatment, or if there are some users who want to cast reopen vote, they should not be influenced by the fact that it was closed by a mod?

I am considering casting a reopen vote - but I am still undecided. I have to admit this is based more J.-E.Pin's comment than on the question itself.

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