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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">journal-of-discrete-mathematical-sciences-and-cryptography</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-0065</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0972-0529</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JDMSC-2141</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Pairs of soft ideals in a ternary semigroup</article-title>
      </title-group>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name>
            <surname>Luangchaisri</surname>
            <given-names>Panuwat</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Changphas</surname>
            <given-names>Thawhat</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand</aff>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>29</volume>
      <issue>7</issue>
      <fpage>2589</fpage>
      <lpage>2598</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>17</day>
        <month>07</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <abstract>
        <p>The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of a pair soft left (resp. right, lateral) ideal of a ternary semigroup. Relationships between a pair soft left (resp. right, lateral) ideal, a soft left (resp. right, lateral) ideal, and a regular (quasi-regular) semigroup are described.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>Ternary semigroup</kwd>
        <kwd>Soft set</kwd>
        <kwd>Soft ternary semigroup</kwd>
        <kwd>Soft ideal</kwd>
        <kwd>Regular</kwd>
        <kwd>Quasi-regular</kwd>
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