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Automorphism groups of orthomodular lattices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Gudrun Kalmbach
Affiliation:
Abt. Math. III. O.E., Universitat Ulm, D-7900 Ulm, Federal Republic of Germany and Department of Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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Abstract

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Every group is the automorphism group of an orthomodular lattice.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1984

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