Ideals and quotients in lattice ordered effect algebras (Q5953514): Difference between revisions

The authors study the correspondence between ideals and congruences in effect algebras. Kernels of congruences are exactly Riesz ideals. The quotient of a lattice-ordered effect algebra with respect to a Riesz ideal \(I\) is linearly ordered iff \(I\) is a prime ideal, and the quotient is an MV-algebra iff \(I\) is an intersection of prime ideals. Commutators play a key role in orthomodular lattices. As a generalization, the authors define commutators in lattice-ordered effect algebras and study their properties. The quotient with respect to a Riesz ideal \(I\) is an MV-algebra iff \(I\) contains all generalized commutators. Several open questions are formulated at the end of the paper.