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The MV-Algebraic Loomis–Sikorski Theorem

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Advanced Łukasiewicz calculus and MV-algebras

Part of the book series: Trends in Logic ((TREN,volume 35))

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An MV-algebra A is said to be σ-complete if its underlying lattice is closed under countable suprema. It follows that A is semisimple, whence it is isomorphic to an MV-algebra A* of continuous [0,1]-valued functions defined on some compact Hausdorff space X.

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Mundici, D. (2011). The MV-Algebraic Loomis–Sikorski Theorem. In: Advanced Łukasiewicz calculus and MV-algebras. Trends in Logic, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0840-2_11

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