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Implication Algebras and Implication Semigroups of Binary Relations

Logic 2023-01-09 v1

Abstract

Representable implication algebras are known to be axiomatised by a finite number of equations (making the representation and finite representation problems decidable here). We show that this also holds in the context of unary (and binary) relations and present a Stone-style representation theorem. We then show that the (finite) representation decision problem is undecidable for implication semigroups, in stark contrast with implication algebras.

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@article{arxiv.2301.02266,
  title  = {Implication Algebras and Implication Semigroups of Binary Relations},
  author = {Andrew Lewis-Smith Jaš Šemrl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.02266},
  year   = {2023}
}
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