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Equational theories of idempotent semifields

Logic 2024-12-09 v2

Abstract

This paper provides answers to several open problems about equational theories of idempotent semifields. In particular, it is proved that (i) no equational theory of a non-trivial class of idempotent semifields has a finite basis; (ii) there are continuum-many equational theories of classes of idempotent semifields; and (iii) the equational theory of the class of idempotent semifields is co-NP-complete.

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@article{arxiv.2402.09876,
  title  = {Equational theories of idempotent semifields},
  author = {George Metcalfe and Simon Santschi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.09876},
  year   = {2024}
}