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The Goldblatt-Thomason Theorem for Coalgebras

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Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science (CALCO 2007)

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Goldblatt and Thomason’s theorem on modally definable classes of Kripke frames and Venema’s theorem on modally definable classes of Kripke models are generalised to coalgebras.

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Kurz, A., Rosický, J. (2007). The Goldblatt-Thomason Theorem for Coalgebras. In: Mossakowski, T., Montanari, U., Haveraaen, M. (eds) Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science. CALCO 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4624. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73859-6_23

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