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Homomorphs and formations of given derived class
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
Abstract
A homomorph H is a normal Schunck class if and only if there exists a derived class χ such that H = χ*; moreover, in this case one has H′ = χ (for the definitions, see below). These results give to the derived classes a decisive significance on the study of the normal Schunck classes (see (5)). The aim of this paper is to study the homomorphs H such that H′ is a fixed derived class: we prove that these homomorphs compose a complete and distributive lattice for the inclusion relation (the maximum of this lattice being a normal Schunck class). We construct the greatest and the smallest formations whose derived class is given. We prove finally that, except in trivial cases, a normal Schunck class is not a formation.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 84 , Issue 3 , November 1978 , pp. 437 - 442
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- Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1978
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