Independent axiom systems for nearlattices
Combinatorics
2012-10-01 v2
Abstract
A nearlattice is a join semilattice such that every principal filter is a lattice with respect to the induced order. Hickman and later Chajda et al independently showed that nearlattices can be treated as varieties of algebras with a ternary operation satisfying certain axioms. Our main result is that the variety of nearlattices is 2-based, and we exhibit an explicit axiom system of two independent identities. We also show that the original axiom systems of Hickman and of Chajda et al are, respectively, dependent.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1007.3120,
title = {Independent axiom systems for nearlattices},
author = {Joao Araujo and Michael Kinyon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.3120},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
16 pages in 12pt; v2: minor changes suggested by referee, to appear in Czechoslovak Math. J