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Finite Projective Distributive Lattices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

G. Grätzer
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
B. Wolk
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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The theorem stated below is due to R. Balbes. The present proof is direct; it uses only the following two well-known facts: (i) Let K be a category of algebras, and let free algebras exist in K; then an algebra is projective if and only if it is a retract of a free algebra, (ii) Let F be a free distributive lattice with basis {xi | iI}; then ∧(xi | iJ0) ≤ ∨(xi | iJ1) implies J0J1≠ϕ. Note that (ii) implies (iii): If for J0I, a, bF, ∧(xi | iJ0)≤ab, then ∧ (xi | iJ0)≤ a or b.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1970

References

(2) Pacific J. Math. 21 (1967), 405-420.

(3) The map φ is by necessity the same as in R. Balbes, loc. cit.