Abbreviation: BLA
A \emph{basic logic algebra} or \emph{BL-algebra} is a structure A=⟨A,∨,0,∧,1,⋅,→⟩ such that
⟨A,∨,0,∧,1⟩ is a bounded lattice
⟨A,⋅,1⟩ is a commutative monoid
→ gives the residual of ⋅: x⋅y≤z⟺y≤x→z
prelinearity: (x→y)∨(y→x)=1
BL: x⋅(x→y)=x∧y
Remark: The BL identity implies that the lattice is distributive.
A \emph{basic logic algebra} is a FLe-algebra A=⟨A,∨,0,∧,1,⋅,→⟩ such that
linearity: (x→y)∨(y→x)=1
BL: x⋅(x→y)=x∧y
Remark: The BL identity implies that the identity element 1 is the top of the lattice.
Let A and B be basic logic algebras. A morphism from A to B is a function h:A→B that is a homomorphism:
h(x∨y)=h(x)∨h(y), h(1)=1, h(x∧y)=h(x)∧h(y), h(0)=0, h(x⋅y)=h(x)⋅h(y), h(x→y)=h(x)→h(y)
Example 1:
f(1)=1f(2)=1f(3)=2f(4)=5f(5)=10f(6)=23f(7)=49f(8)=111
The number of subdirectly irreducible BL-algebras of size n is 2n−2.