Notes on R1-ideals in partial abelian monoids

In the present paper, we deal with a class of R ₁-ideals of cancellative positive partial abelian monoids (CPAMs). We prove that, for I being an R ₁-ideal of a CPAM P, P/I is a CPAM. The lattice of congruence relations associated with R ₁-ideals is a sublattice of the lattice of all equivalence relations. Finally, we prove that an intersection of two Riesz ideals is a Riesz ideal and that the lattice of Riesz ideals is a sublattice of the lattice of all ideals. Received March 19, 1999; accepted in final form December 16, 1999.