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Axiomatizing small varieties of periodic l-pregroups

Rings and Algebras 2026-02-16 v2 Logic

Abstract

We provide an axiomatization for the variety generated by the nn-periodic l-pregroup Fn(Z)\mathbf{F}_n(\mathbb{Z}), for every nZ+n \in \mathbb{Z}^+, as well as for all possible joins of such varieties; the finite joins form an ideal in the subvariety lattice of l-pregroups and we describe fully its lattice structure. On the way, we characterize all finitely subdirectly irreducible (FSI) algebras in the variety generated by Fn(Z)\mathbf{F}_n(\mathbb{Z}) as the nn-periodic l-pregroups that have a totally ordered group skeleton (and are not trivial). The finitely generated FSIs that are not l-groups are further characterized as lexicographic products of a (finitely generated) totally ordered abelian l-group and Fk(Z)\mathbf{F}_k(\mathbb{Z}), where knk \mid n.

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@article{arxiv.2503.18660,
  title  = {Axiomatizing small varieties of periodic l-pregroups},
  author = {Nikolaos Galatos and Simon Santschi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.18660},
  year   = {2026}
}

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54 pages, 5 figures