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Bands with distributive congruence lattice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

J. B. Fountain  and
P. Lockley
J. B. Fountain
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of York
P. Lockley
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of York
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Synopsis

This paper investigates the effect on the structure of a band of imposing conditions on the congruence or right congruence lattice of the band. Bands whose congruence lattices are distributive or Boolean are characterized, as are bands whose right congruence lattices are Boolean.

Type
Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 84 , Issue 3-4 , 1979 , pp. 235 - 247
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1979

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