(1) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081a, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, e-mail: mebachr@cs.vu.nl, NL;(2) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081a, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, e-mail: marcel@cs.vu.nl, NL
Abstract:
We show that a relation algebra and its n-matrix relation algebra have the same degree for all positive integers n. An intermediate result relates the degree of a relation algebra to the degree of a relativization with respect to equivalence elements. Received July 18, 2001; accepted in final form April 24, 2002.