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Construction of existentially closed Abelian lattice-ordered groups using Fraïssé limits

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New examples of existentially closed Abelian lattice-ordered groups, possessing most of the known properties of infinitely generic Abelian lattice-ordered groups, are constructed using Fraïssé limits.

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The author wishes to thank Philip Scowcroft for discussing his work on \(\ell \)-groups and for his comments on an early draft of this paper.

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Wynne, B. Construction of existentially closed Abelian lattice-ordered groups using Fraïssé limits. Algebra Univers. 82, 18 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-020-00706-1

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