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XIV.—On Isotone Homomorphic Boolean Images of Ordered Semigroups*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

T. S. Blyth
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, University of St Andrews.

Synopsis

Necessary and sufficient conditions for an ordered semigroup to admit an isotone homomorphic Boolean image are given together with a complete description of how all such images are obtained. Also discussed are the situations arising from a strengthening of the notion of a homomorphism.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1970

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