=====Closure algebras===== Abbreviation: **CloA** ====Definition==== A \emph{closure algebra} is a modal algebra $\mathbf{A}=\langle A,\vee,0, \wedge,1,\neg,\diamond\rangle$ such that $\diamond$ is \emph{closure operator}: $x\le \diamond x$, $\diamond\diamond x=\diamond x$ Remark: Closure algebras provide algebraic models for the modal logic S4. The operator $\diamond$ is the \emph{possibility operator}, and the \emph{necessity operator} $\Box$ is defined as $\Box x=\neg\diamond\neg x$. ==Morphisms== Let $\mathbf{A}$ and $\mathbf{B}$ be closure algebras. A morphism from $\mathbf{A}$ to $\mathbf{B}$ is a function $h:A\to B$ that is a Boolean homomorphism and preserves $\diamond$: $h(\diamond x)=\diamond h(x)$ ====Examples==== Example 1: $\langle P(X),\cup,\emptyset,\cap,X,-,cl\rangle$, where $X$ is any topological space and $cl$ is the closure operator associated with $X$. ====Basic results==== ====Properties==== ^[[Classtype]] |variety | ^[[Equational theory]] |decidable | ^[[Quasiequational theory]] |decidable | ^[[First-order theory]] |undecidable | ^[[Locally finite]] |no | ^[[Residual size]] |unbounded | ^[[Congruence distributive]] |yes | ^[[Congruence modular]] |yes | ^[[Congruence n-permutable]] |yes, $n=2$ | ^[[Congruence regular]] |yes | ^[[Congruence uniform]] |yes | ^[[Congruence extension property]] |yes | ^[[Definable principal congruences]] |yes | ^[[Equationally def. pr. cong.]] |yes | ^[[Discriminator variety]] |no | ^[[Amalgamation property]] |yes | ^[[Strong amalgamation property]] |yes | ^[[Epimorphisms are surjective]] |yes | ====Finite members==== $\begin{array}{lr} f(1)= &1\\ f(2)= &\\ f(3)= &\\ f(4)= &\\ f(5)= &\\ f(6)= &\\ \end{array}$ ====Subclasses==== [[Monadic algebras]] ====Superclasses==== [[Modal algebras]] ====References==== [(Ln19xx> )]