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Disjointifiable lattice-ordered groups

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Algebra Universalis, 59 (1): 159--178 (Nov 1, 2008)
DOI: 10.1007/s00012-008-2092-y

Abstract

Abstract.~~This article studies disjointifiable lattice-ordered groups (abbr. dℓ-groups): the lattice-ordered groups G for which the frame \$\$\$\backslash$mathcal\C\\(G)\$\$ of all convex ℓ-subgroups is a normal frame; that is, for which \$\$A \$\backslash$vee\ B = G \$\backslash$rm in\ $\backslash$mathcal\C\(G)\$\$ implies the existence of \$\$C, D \$\backslash$in\ $\backslash$,\$\backslash$mathcal\C\\(G)\$\$ such that C ⋂D =~0 and A ∨D =~C ∨B =~G. It is shown that if a Hahn group \$\$V ($\backslash$wedge, $\backslash$mathbb\R\)\$\$) is a dℓ-group, then it is strongly disjointifiable (abbr. sdℓ), in the sense that \$\$A $\backslash$vee B = G \$\backslash$rm in\ $\backslash$mathcal\C\(G)\$\$ implies that there is a cardinal summand P of G, such that \$\$P \$\backslash$subseteq\ A \$\backslash$rm and\$\backslash$,P\^\$\backslash$perp\ \$\backslash$subseteq\ B\$\$. Every finite valued ℓ-group is an sdℓ-group. As should be expected, since these concepts are intrinsically frame-theoretic, their study at the level of frames should be fruitful. Indeed, for a frame embedding h: A → B whose adjoint satisfies the codensity condition that a ∨ b = 1 (in B) implies that $$h_*(a) h_*(b) = 1$$ (in A), we have that A is normal if and only if B is. Suitably interpreted for majorizing ℓ-subgroups H of G, this yields that H is a dℓ-group (resp. sdℓ-group) precisely when G has the property.

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