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Free pseudocomplemented semilattices: a new approach

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An intrinsic characterization of free pseudocomplemented semilattices is presented. The second principal result gives a method for constructing free pseudocomplemented semilattices.

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  1. Katedra AGDM FMFI, Comenius University Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, 84215, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Tibor Katriňák & Jaroslav Guričan

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Presented by G. Czedli.

Dedicated to Professor Brian A. Davey on the occasion of his 65th birthday

While working on this paper, the authors were supported by VEGA grant No. 1/0608/13 of the Slovak Republic.

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Katriňák, T., Guričan, J. Free pseudocomplemented semilattices: a new approach. Algebra Univers. 74, 305–331 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-015-0345-0

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