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Towards a pseudoequational proof theory
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Year of publication | 2018 |
Type | Article in Periodical |
Magazine / Source | Portugaliae mathematica |
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Citation | |
Web | http://dx.doi.org/10.4171/PM/2012 |
Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.4171/PM/2012 |
Keywords | Pseudoidentity; syntactical proof; semigroup; profinite monoid; completeness; reducible pseudovariety; implicit signature |
Description | A new scheme for proving pseudoidentities from a given set Sigma of pseudoidentities, which is clearly sound, is also shown to be complete in many instances, such as when Sigma defines a locally finite variety, a pseudovariety of groups, more generally, of completely simple semigroups, or of commutative monoids. Many further examples for which the scheme is complete are given when Sigma defines a pseudovariety V which is sigma-reducible for the equation x=y, provided Sigma is enough to prove a basis of identities for the variety of sigma-algebras generated by V. This gives ample evidence in support of the conjecture that the proof scheme is complete in general. |
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