102 research outputs found
Topologies for intermediate logics
We investigate the problem of characterizing the classes of Grothendieck
toposes whose internal logic satisfies a given assertion in the theory of
Heyting algebras, and introduce natural analogues of the double negation and De
Morgan topologies on an elementary topos for a wide class of intermediate
logics.Comment: 21 page
Admissibility via Natural Dualities
It is shown that admissible clauses and quasi-identities of quasivarieties
generated by a single finite algebra, or equivalently, the quasiequational and
universal theories of their free algebras on countably infinitely many
generators, may be characterized using natural dualities. In particular,
axiomatizations are obtained for the admissible clauses and quasi-identities of
bounded distributive lattices, Stone algebras, Kleene algebras and lattices,
and De Morgan algebras and lattices.Comment: 22 pages; 3 figure
Tense distributive lattices: algebra, logic and topology
Tense logic was introduced by Arthur Prior in the late 1950s as a result of
his interest in the relationship between tense and modality. Prior's idea was
to add four primitive modal-like unary connectives to the base language today
widely known as Prior's tense operators. Since then, Prior's operators have
been considered in many contexts by different authors, in particular, in the
context of algebraic logic.
Here, we consider the category tdlat of bounded distributive lattices
equipped with Prior's tense operators. We establish categorical dualities for
tdlat in terms of certain categories of Kripke frames and Priestley spaces,
respectively. As an application, we characterize the congruence lattice of any
tense distributive lattice as well as the subdirectly irreducible members of
this category. Finally, we define the logic that preserves degrees of truth
with respect to tdlat-algebras and precise the relation between particular
sub-classes of tdlat and know tense logics found in the literature
Frontal Operators in Weak Heyting Algebras
In this paper we shall introduce the variety FWHA of frontal weak Heyting algebras as a generalization of the frontal Heyting algebras introduced by Leo Esakia in [10]. A frontal operator in a weak Heyting algebra A is an expansive operator τ preserving finite meets which also satisfies the equation τ(a) ≤ b ∨ (b → a), for all a, b ∈ A. These operators were studied from an algebraic, logical and topological point of view by Leo Esakia in [10]. We will study frontal operators in weak Heyting algebras and we will consider two examples of them. We will give a Priestley duality for the category of frontal weak Heyting algebras in terms of relational spaces hX, ≤, T, Ri where hX, ≤, T i is a WH - space [6], and R is an additional binary relation used to interpret the modal operator. We will also study the WH -algebras with successor and the WH -algebras with gamma. For these varieties we will give two topological dualities. The first one is based on the representation given for the frontal weak Heyting algebras. The second one is based on certain particular classes of WH -spaces.Fil: Celani, Sergio Arturo. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil; ArgentinaFil: San Martín, Hernán Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin
On the variety of Heyting algebras with successor generated by all finite chains
Contrary to the variety of Heyting algebras, finite Heyting algebras with successor only generate a proper subvariety of that of all Heyting algebras with successor. In particular, all finite chains generate a proper subvariety, SLHω, of the latter. There is a categorical duality between Heyting algebras with successor and certain Priestley spaces. Let X be the Heyting space associated by this duality to the Heyting algebra with successor H. If there is an ordinal κ and a filtration on X such that X = S λ≤κ Xλ, the height of X is the minimun ordinal ξ ≤ κ such that Xc ξ = ∅. In this case, we also say that H has height ξ. This filtration allows us to write the space X as a disjoint union of antichains. We may think that these antichains define levels on this space. We study the way of characterize subalgebras and homomorphic images in finite Heyting algebras with successor by means of their Priestley spaces. We also depict the spaces associated to the free algebras in various subcategories of SLH.Fil: Castiglioni, José Luis. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Matemáticas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; ArgentinaFil: San Martín, Hernán Javier. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Matemáticas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentin
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