Implicative subreducts of MV-algebras: free and weakly projective objects

In this article, we explore in some detail the free and weakly projective objects of the variety of Łukasiewicz implication algebras (the implicative subreducts of MV-algebras). We review the two already known descriptions of finitely generated free algebras, giving new insights into their structure...

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Autor: Castaño, Diego Nicolás
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/64648
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/64648
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lukasiewicz Logic
Mv-Algebra
Implicative Algebra
Free Algebra
Projective
Finitely Presented
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Sumario:In this article, we explore in some detail the free and weakly projective objects of the variety of Łukasiewicz implication algebras (the implicative subreducts of MV-algebras). We review the two already known descriptions of finitely generated free algebras, giving new insights into their structure and their connection, as well as providing new proofs of the characterizations. We give a representation theorem for weakly projective algebras as algebras of certain McNaughton functions restricted to rational polyhedra and prove that finitely generated weakly projective algebras coincide with finitely presented ones. We also prove that finite chains are the only totally ordered weakly projective examples in this variety.