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Unital Specker $\ell$-groups and boolean multispaces

Logic 2026-02-23 v2

Abstract

As a topological generalization of the notion of a multiset, a boolean multispace is a boolean space XX with a continuous function u ⁣:XZ>0u\colon X\to \mathbb Z_{>0}, where Z>0={1,2,}\mathbb Z_{>0}=\{1,2,\dots\} has the discrete topology. In this paper the category of boolean multispaces and continuous multiplicity-decreasing morphisms with respect to the divisibility order is shown to be dually equivalent to the category of unital Specker \ell-groups and unital \ell-homomorphisms. This result extends Stone duality, because unital Specker \ell-groups whose distinguished unit is singular are equivalent to boolean algebras. Boolean multispaces, in turn, are categorically equivalent to the Priestley duals of the MV-algebras corresponding to unital Specker \ell-groups via the Γ\Gamma functor. Via duality, we show that the category of unital Specker \ell-groups has finite colimits and finite products, but lacks some countable copowers and equalizers.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2508.21500,
  title  = {Unital Specker $\ell$-groups and boolean multispaces},
  author = {Marco Abbadini and Daniele Mundici},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.21500},
  year   = {2026}
}
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