Meet-irreducible varieties of lattice-ordered groups (Q1062083)

The authors give a simple proof that there are two varieties in response to the question as to which proper varieties of \(\ell\)-groups (lattice- ordered groups) are meet-irreducible. The varieties of \(\ell\)-groups are the following: \({\mathcal C}:\) trivial variety of \(\ell\) groups, \({\mathcal N}:\) normal valued \(\ell\)-groups (defined by \(| x| | y| \leq | y|^ 2| x|^ 2)\). The Theorem. The proper meet- irreducible varieties of \(\ell\)-groups are \({\mathcal C}\) and \({\mathcal N}\).