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Priestley duality for MV-algebras and beyond

Logic 2023-07-24 v4

Abstract

We provide a new perspective on extended Priestley duality for a large class of distributive lattices equipped with binary double quasioperators. Under this approach, non-lattice binary operations are each presented as a pair of partial binary operations on dual spaces. In this enriched environment, equational conditions on the algebraic side of the duality may more often be rendered as first-order conditions on dual spaces. In particular, we specialize our general results to the variety of MV-algebras, obtaining a duality for these in which the equations axiomatizing MV-algebras are dualized as first-order conditions.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2002.12715,
  title  = {Priestley duality for MV-algebras and beyond},
  author = {Wesley Fussner and Mai Gehrke and Sam van Gool and Vincenzo Marra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.12715},
  year   = {2023}
}
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