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Continuous Algebra: Algebraic Semantics for Continuous Propositional Logic

Logic 2025-12-23 v3

Abstract

We present algebraic semantics for Continuous Propositional Logic, CPL, introduced by Itai Ben Yaacov, viewed as {\L}ukasiewicz propositional logic with a reversed truth-falsity orientation and enriched by a unary halving connective. We introduce continuous algebras as MV-algebras together with an unary operator κ\kappa analogous to the halving operator introduced in CPL and analyze their core structural properties, including ideals, quotient constructions, and subdirect representations. We further establish a correspondence between continuous algebras and the class of 2-divisible u\ell u-groups, extending Mundici's representation theory to the continuous setting. This correspondence leads to a purely algebraic proof of the weak completeness theorem for CPL.

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@article{arxiv.2501.13114,
  title  = {Continuous Algebra: Algebraic Semantics for Continuous Propositional Logic},
  author = {Purbita Jana and Prateek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.13114},
  year   = {2025}
}
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