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The formation of a free product of a family of lattices is one of the most fundamental constructions of lattice theory. This specializes to the construction of free lattices, which form a class of lattices that is probably the closest rival of the class of distributive lattices in the richness of its structure. Also, free products provide a very useful tool for the construction of pathological lattices.
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Grätzer, G. (2011). Free Products. In: Lattice Theory: Foundation. Springer, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0018-1_7
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