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Lattice tolerances and congruences

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We prove that a tolerance relation of a lattice is a homomorphic image of a congruence relation.

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Correspondence to George Grätzer.

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Presented by E. Kiss.

This research was supported by the NFSR of Hungary (OTKA), grant no. K77432.

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Czédli, G., Grätzer, G. Lattice tolerances and congruences. Algebra Univers. 66, 5 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-011-0139-y

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