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A homomorphic image of a semimodular lattice need not be semimodular: an answer to a problem of Birkhoff

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Jones, P.R. A homomorphic image of a semimodular lattice need not be semimodular: an answer to a problem of Birkhoff. Algebra Universalis 9, 127–130 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02488021

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