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Free Ortholattices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Günter Bruns
Günter Bruns*
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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It has been known for some time but does not seem to be anywhere in the literature that the variety of all ortholattices is generated by its finite members (see (4.2) of this paper). This is well known to imply that the word problem for free ortholattices is solvable. On the other hand, it is also known that the solution obtained this way is of no practical use. The main purpose of this paper is to present a workable solution.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 28 , Issue 5 , 01 October 1976 , pp. 977 - 985
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1976

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