Independent axiom systems for nearlattices
Araújo, João; Kinyon, M.
Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal, 61(4) (2011), 975-992
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10587-011-0062-6 (preprint - http://arxiv.org/pdf/1007.3120)
A nearlattice is a join semilattice such that every principal filter is a lattice with respect to the induced order. Hickman and later Chajda et al independently showed that nearlattices can be treated as varieties of algebras with a ternary operation satisfying certain axioms. Our main result is that the variety of nearlattices is 2-based, and we exhibit an explicit system of two independent identities. We also show that the original axiom systems of Hickman as well as that of Chajda et al are dependent.
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