A review of some of Bjarni Jónsson's results on representation of Arguesian lattices (Q382340)

For a modular lattice \(L\) the following properties (and three others) are considered: (i) \(L\) is isomorphic to some lattice of permuting equivalences. (ii) \(L\) is Arguesian. (iii) \(L\) embeds into \(L(P)\) for some Desarguesian projective space \(P\). (iv) \(L\) embeds into the subgroup lattice of some abelian group. (v) \(L\) embeds into the normal subgroup lattice of some group. (vi) \(L\) is a member of some modular congruence variety. (x) \(L\) embeds into \(L(V_{D})\) of some vector space \(V_{D}\). The main result is: {Theorem 4.5}. Consider a modular lattice \(L\) and refer to (i)--(x). (a) For complemented \(L\), (a1) (i)--(viii) are pairwise equivalent; (a2) (ix) and (x) are equivalent; (a3) (i)--(x) are pairwise equivalent if \(L\) is subdirectly irreducible. (b) For \(L\) of finite height with \(S(L)\) a chain, (b1) (i) and (ii) are equivalent; (b2) (iii)--(vii) are pairwise equivalent; (b3) (iii)--(vii), (ix), (x) are pairwise equivalent if \(L\) is subdirectly irreducible. (c) For \(L\) of height \(n\leq 5\), (c1) (i) and (ii) are equivalent; (c2) (iii)--(x) are pairwise equivalent; (c3) (i)--(x) are pairwise equivalent if \(n\leq 4\). In (b3), (c2), and (c3), the vector space \(V_{D}\) of (x) can be chosen such that \(\dim V_{D}=d(L)\) and \(\chi (D)=\chi (L)\). Various problems in this context are stated and discussed.