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Varieties of equality structures
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Varieties of equality structures

D. Fearnley-Sander and T. Stokes
International Journal of Algebra and Computation, Vol.13(04), pp.463-480
2003
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Abstract

We consider universal algebras which are monoids and which have a binary operation we call internalized equality, satisfying some natural conditions. We show that the class of such E-structures has a characterization in terms of a distinguished submonoid which is a semilattice. Some important varieties (and variety-like classes) of E-structures are considered, including E-semilattices (which we represent in terms of topological spaces), E-rings (which we show are equivalent to rings with a generalized interior operation), E-quantales (where internalized equalities on a fixed quantale in which 1 is the largest element are shown to correspond to sublocales of the quantale), and EI-structures (in which an internalized inequality is defined and interacts in a natural way with the equality operation).

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9 Mathematics
9.280 Algebra & Topology
9.280.1047 Algebraic Logic
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