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The subvariety lattice of the variety of distributive double p-algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Wieslaw Dziobiak
Wieslaw Dziobiak
Affiliation:
Section of Logic, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lódź, Piotrkowska 179, Poland.
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Abstract

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Let L denote the subvariety lattice of the variety of distributive double p-algebras, that is, the lattice whose universe consists of all varieties of distributive double p-algebras and whose ordering is the inclusion relation. We prove in this paper that each proper filter in L is uncountable. Moreover, we prove that except for the trivial variety (the zero in L) and the variety of Boolean algebras (the unique atom in L) every other element of L, generated by a finite algebra, has infinitely many covers in L, among which at least one is not generated by any finite algebra. The former result strengthens a result of Urquhart who showed that the lattice L is uncountable. On the other hand, both of our results indicate a high complexity of the lattice L at least in comparison with the subvariety lattice of the variety of distributive p-algebras, since a result of Lee shows that the latter lattice forms a chain of type ω + 1 and every cover in it of the variety generated by a finite algebra is itself generated by a finite algebra.

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Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , June 1985 , pp. 377 - 387
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1985

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