Tarski's Q-relation algebras and Thompson's groups

Abstract

The connections between Tarski's Q-relation algebras and Thompson's groups F, T, V, and monoid M are reviewed here, along with Jonsson-Tarski algebras, fork algebras, true pairing algebras, and tabular relation algebras. All of these are related to the finitization problem and Tarski's formalization of set theory without variables. Most of the technical details occur in the variety of J-algebras, which is obtained from relation algebras by omitting union and complementation and adopting a set of axioms created by Jonsson. Every relation algebra or J-algebra that contains a pair of conjugated quasiprojections satisfying the Domain and Unicity conditions, such as those that arise from J\'onsson-Tarski algebras or fork algebras, will also contain homomorphic images of F, T, V, and M. The representability of tabular relation algebras is extended here to J-algebras, using a notion of tabularity equivalent among relation algebras to the original definition.Comment: 64 pages, 4 figures, 1 tabl