An alternative definition of quantifiers on four-valued Łukasiewicz algebras (Q1689561)

\textit{G. C. Moisil}'s four-valued Łukasiewicz algebras, L\(_4\)-algebras, were introduced in [Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy, Sect. I, Math. 26, 431--466 (1940; Zbl 0025.00409)]. More recently, the notion of a monadic L\(_4\)-algebra, namely an L\(_4\)-algebra equipped with an additional existential quantifier, has been presented [\textit{G. Georgescu} et al., Mult.-Valued Log. 3, No. 3, 235--257 (1998; Zbl 0920.06004)]. The paper under review introduces an alternative definition of the existential quantifier for (monadic) L\(_4\)-algebras. The main results are in Sections 2--5. Section 2 is devoted to introduce the new \(\frac{2}{3}\) existential quantifier and the subsequent notion of a monadic \(\frac{2}{3}\) L\(_4\)-algebra. A number of related results is presented. The class of monadic \(\frac{2}{3}\) L\(_4\)-algebras forms a variety of algebras denoted by \(\mathbb{M}_\frac{2}{3}\mathbb{L}_4\). In Section 3, there is a comparison between the algebras of \(\mathbb{M}_\frac{2}{3}\mathbb{L}_4\) and the class of monadic four-valued Łukasiewicz-algebras. It is shown that they are polynomially equivalent. Section 4 analyzes the differences between some existential quantifiers for L\(_4\)-algebras, namely Boolean, lattice, and the new \(\frac{2}{3}\) existential quantifier. Finally, in Section 5 a completeness theorem for \(\frac{2}{3}\)-monadic Łukasiewicz predicate logic is presented.