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We construct a complete orthomodular lattice with an orthogonality relation generated by a causal structure on Minkowski space-time. The properties of this lattice are examined and it is shown that the covering law is not satisfied.
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Cegła, W. (1989). The covering property in a causal logic. In: Accardi, L., von Waldenfels, W. (eds) Quantum Probability and Applications IV. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1396. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0083550
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