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XVIII.—The Solution of Equations in a Lattice.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

R. L. Goodstein
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Leicester.

Synopsis

Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for the existence of solutions of equations, in any number of variables, on distributive lattices with least and greatest elements, together with an algorithm for determining a solution when these conditions are satisfied.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1967

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