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Perfect extensions of de Morgan algebras

Logic 2021-08-10 v2

Abstract

An algebra A\mathbb A is called a perfect extension of its subalgebra B\mathbb B if every congruence of B\mathbb B has a unique extension to A\mathbb A. This terminology was used by Blyth and Varlet [1994]. In the case of lattices, this concept was described by Gr\"atzer and Wehrung [1999] by saying that A\mathbb A is a congruence-preserving extension of B\mathbb B. Not many investigations of this concept have been carried out so far. The present authors in another recent study faced the question of when a de Morgan algebra M\mathbb M is perfect extension of its Boolean subalgebra B(M)B(\mathbb M), the so-called skeleton of M\mathbb M. In this note a full solution to this interesting problem is given. The theory of natural dualities in the sense of Davey and Werner [1983] and Clark and Davey [1998], as well as Boolean product representations, are used as the main tools to obtain the solution.

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@article{arxiv.1912.12891,
  title  = {Perfect extensions of de Morgan algebras},
  author = {Miroslav Haviar and Miroslav Ploščica},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.12891},
  year   = {2021}
}