Conjunctive Join Semi-Lattices

DOI10.1007/S00012-021-00744-3MaRDI QIDQ6342225arXivFDO

Authors Charles N. Delzell, Oghenetega Ighedo, J. Madden

Publication date 5 June 2020

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S00012-021-00744-3

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semilattices (06A12) Representation theory of lattices (06B15) Topological representations of algebraic systems (54H10)

arXiv classification

math.LO

Abstract: A join-semilattice $L$ is said to be conjunctive if it has a top element $1$ and it satisfies the following first-order condition: for any two distinct $a,binL$, there is $cinL$ such that either $aveecot=1=bveec$ or $aveec=1ot=bveec$. Equivalently, a join-semilattice is conjunctive if every principal ideal is an intersection of maximal ideals. We present simple examples showing that a conjunctive join-semilattice may fail to have any prime ideals. (Maximal ideals of a join-semilattice need not be prime.) We show that every conjunctive join-semilattice is isomorphic to a join-closed subbase for a compact $T_1$-topology on $mathrmMaxL$, the set of maximal ideals of $L$. The representation is canonical in that when applied to a join-closed subbase for a compact $T_1$-space $X$, the space produced by the representation is homeomorphic with $X$. We say a join-semilattice morphism $phi:LoM$ is conjunctive if $ph{i}^{-1}(w)$ is an intersection of maximal ideals of $L$ whenever $w$ is a maximal ideal of $M$. We show that every conjunctive morphism between conjunctive join-semilattices is induced by a multi-valued function from $mathrmMaxM$ to $mathrmMaxL$. A base for a topological space is said to be annular if it is a lattice, and Wallman if it is annular and for any point $u$ in any basic open $U$, there a basic open $V$ that misses $u$ and together with $U$ covers $X$. It is easy to show that every Wallman base is conjunctive. We give an example of a conjunctive annular base that is not Wallman. Finally, we examine the free distributive lattice $dL$ over a conjunctive join semilattice $L$. In general, it is not conjunctive, but we show that a certain canonical, algebraically-defined quotient of $dL$ is isomorphic to the sub-lattice of the topology of the representation space that is generated by $L$. We describe numerous applications.

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