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Brouwerian algebras
Abbreviation: BrA
Definition
A \emph{Brouwerian algebra} is a structure A=⟨A,∨,∧,1,→⟩ such that
⟨A,∨,∧,1⟩ is a distributive lattice with top
→ gives the residual of ∧: x∧y≤z⟺y≤x→z
Morphisms
Let A and B be Brouwerian 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(x∧y)=h(x)∧h(y), h(1)=1, h(x→y)=h(x)→h(y)
Definition
A \emph{Brouwerian algebra} is a BL-algebra A=⟨A,∨,∧,1,⋅,→⟩ such that
x∧y=x⋅y
Examples
Example 1:
Basic results
Properties
| 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 e-regular | yes, e=1 |
| Congruence uniform | no |
| Congruence extension property | yes |
| Definable principal congruences | yes |
| Equationally def. pr. cong. | yes |
| Amalgamation property | yes |
| Strong amalgamation property | yes |
| Epimorphisms are surjective | yes |
Finite members
f(1)=1f(2)=1f(3)=1f(4)=2f(5)=3f(6)=5f(7)=8f(8)=15f(9)=26f(10)=47f(11)=82f(12)=151f(13)=269f(14)=494f(15)=891f(16)=1639f(17)=2978f(18)=5483f(19)=10006f(20)=18428Valuesknownuptosize49[Erne,Heitzig,Reinhold(2002)]