Cancellation in Skew Lattices |
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Authors: | Karin Cvetko-Vah Michael Kinyon Jonathan Leech Matthew Spinks |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mathematics, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran;(2) Department of Information Technology, College of Applied Sciences, Post Box:135, Sohar, 311, Sultanate of Oman;(3) Department of Computer Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran |
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Abstract: | Distributive lattices are well known to be precisely those lattices that possess cancellation: x úy = x úzx \lor y = x \lor z and x ùy = x ùzx \land y = x \land z imply y = z. Cancellation, in turn, occurs whenever a lattice has neither of the five-element lattices M
3 or N
5 as sublattices. In this paper we examine cancellation in skew lattices, where the involved objects are in many ways lattice-like,
but the operations ù\land and ú\lor no longer need be commutative. In particular, we find necessary and sufficient conditions involving the nonoccurrence of potential sub-objects similar to M
3 or N
5 that ensure that a skew lattice is left cancellative (satisfying the above implication) right cancellative (x úz = y úzx \lor z = y \lor z and x ùz = y ùzx \land z = y \land z imply x = y) or just cancellative (satisfying both implications). We also present systems of identities showing that left right or fully]
cancellative skew lattices form varieties. Finally, we give some positive characterizations of cancellation. |
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