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This paper presents a proof that Boolean algebras have the strong amalgamation property which does not use any choice principle, based on a feature of their binary coproducts which is derived by means of a construction from pointfree topology.
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Banaschewski, B. On the strong amalgamation of Boolean algebras. Algebra Univers. 63, 235–238 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-010-0072-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-010-0072-5