Topological properties of Taimanov semigroups
  A semigroup $T$ is called Taimanov if $T$ contains two distinct elements $0,\infty$ such that $xy=\infty$ for any distinct points $x,y\in T\setminus\{0,\infty\}$ and $xy=0$ in all other cases. We prove that any Taimanov semigroup $T$ has the following topological properties: (i) each $T_1$-topology with continuous shifts on $T$ is discrete; (ii) $T$ is closed in each $T_1$-topological semigroup containing $T$ as a subsemigroup; (iii) every non-isomorphic homomorphic image $Z$ of $T$ is a zero-semigroup and hence $Z$ is a topological semigroup in any topology on $Z$. 
Oleg Gutik
math.GR