Representable lattice-ordered groups

Abbreviation: RLGrp

Definition

A representable lattice-ordered group (or representable $\ell$-group) is a lattice-ordered group $\mathbf{L}=\langle L, \vee, \wedge, \cdot, ^{-1}, e\rangle$ that satisfies the identity

$(x\wedge y)^2 = x^2\wedge y^2$

Morphisms

Let $\mathbf{L}$ and $\mathbf{M}$ be $\ell$-groups. A morphism from $\mathbf{L}$ to $\mathbf{M}$ is a function $f:L\rightarrow M$ that is a homomorphism: $f(x\vee y)=f(x)\vee f(y)$ and $f(x\cdot y)=f(x)\cdot f(y)$.

Remark: It follows that $f(x\wedge y)=f(x)\wedge f(y)$, $f(x^{-1})=f(x)^{-1}$, and $f(e)=e$

Basic results

Every representable $\ell$-group is a subdirect product of totally ordered groups.

Properties

Classtype variety hereditarily undecidable 1) 2) no yes (see lattices) yes yes, $n=2$ (see groups) yes, (see groups) yes, (see groups) no 3) no 4)

None

References

1) Yuri Gurevic, Hereditary undecidability of a class of lattice-ordered Abelian groups, Algebra i Logika Sem., 6, 1967, 45–62
2) Stanley Burris, A simple proof of the hereditary undecidability of the theory of lattice-ordered abelian groups, Algebra Universalis, 20, 1985, 400–401, http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~snburris/htdocs/MYWORKS/PAPERS/HerUndecLOAG.pdf
3) A. M. W. Glass, D. Saracino and C. Wood, Non-amalgamation of ordered groups, Math. Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc. 95 (1984), 191–195
4) Mona Cherri and Wayne B. Powell, Strong amalgamation of lattice ordered groups and modules, International J. Math. & Math. Sci., Vol 16, No 1 (1993) 75–80, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijmms/1993/405126/abs/ doi:10.1155/S0161171293000080