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Compatibility of book-spaces with certain identities

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This paper is a brief study of the equations compatible with the (topological) n-book for all \({n \geq 2}\). For each n, we exhibit an equation-set (an extension of lattice theory) that is identically satisfiable on the \({(n + 1)}\)-book, but not on the n-book.

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Presented by M. Ploscica.

I wish to thank George Bergman for valuable discussion in the preparation of this paper.

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Taylor, W. Compatibility of book-spaces with certain identities. Algebra Univers. 78, 601–612 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-017-0478-4

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