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Subvarieties of pointed Abelian l-groups

Logic 2026-03-31 v2 Logic in Computer Science

Abstract

This paper provides a complete classification of the subvarieties and subquasivarieties of pointed Abelian lattice-ordered groups (\ell-groups) that are generated by their totally ordered members. We present two complementary approaches to achieve this classification. First, using purely \ell-group-theoretic methods, we analyze the structure of lexicographic products and values to identify all join-irreducible members of the lattice of subvarieties of positively pointed Abelian \ell-groups. We provide a novel equational basis for each of these subvarieties, leading to a complete description of the entire subvariety lattice. As a direct application, our \ell-group-theoretic classification yields an alternative, self-contained proof of Komori's classification of subvarieties of MV-algebras. Second, we explore the connection to MV-algebras via Mundici's Γ\Gamma functor. We prove that this functor preserves universal classes, a result of independent model-theoretic interest. This allows us to lift the classification of universal classes of totally ordered MV-algebras, due to Gispert, to a complete classification of universal classes of totally ordered pointed Abelian \ell-groups. As a direct consequence, we obtain a full description of the corresponding lattice of subquasivarieties.

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@article{arxiv.2509.05044,
  title  = {Subvarieties of pointed Abelian l-groups},
  author = {Filip Jankovec},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.05044},
  year   = {2026}
}
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