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Existentially Definable Factor Congruences

Logic 2010-11-16 v1

Abstract

A variety V has definable factor congruences if and only if factor congruences can be defined by a first-order formula Phi having central elements as parameters. We prove that if Phi can be chosen to be existential, factor congruences in every algebra of V are compact.

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@article{arxiv.0906.4722,
  title  = {Existentially Definable Factor Congruences},
  author = {Pedro Sánchez Terraf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.4722},
  year   = {2010}
}
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