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Coproducts of Kleene algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

William H. Cornish
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences The Flinders Universityof South Australia Bedford Park, 5042, South Australia
Peter R. Fowler
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences The Flinders Universityof South Australia Bedford Park, 5042, South Australia
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Abstract

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The coproduct of a family of Kleene algebras is determined firstly by describing the maximal homomorphic image of a De Morgan algebra in the subvariety of Kleene algebras and, secondly, by characterizing the categorical product in the dual category of Kleene spaces.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1979

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