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Homomorphisms of Distributive Lattices as Restrictions of Congruences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

George Grätzer  and
Harry Lakser
George Grätzer
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Harry Lakser
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Given a lattice L and a convex sublattice K of L, it is well-known that the map Con L → Con K from the congruence lattice of L to that of K determined by restriction is a lattice homomorphism preserving 0 and 1. It is a classical result (first discovered by R. P. Dilworth, unpublished, then by G. Grätzer and E. T. Schmidt [2], see also [1], Theorem II.3.17, p. 81) that any finite distributive lattice is isomorphic to the congruence lattice of some finite lattice. Although it has been conjectured that any algebraic distributive lattice is the congruence lattice of some lattice, this has not yet been proved in its full generality. The best result is in [4]. The conjecture is true for ideal lattices of lattices with 0; see also [3].

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 38 , Issue 5 , 01 October 1986 , pp. 1122 - 1134
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1986

References

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