On the prime whales of a Boolean algebra (Q387432)

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On the prime whales of a Boolean algebra
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    On the prime whales of a Boolean algebra (English)
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    23 December 2013
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    If \(B\) is a Boolean algebra and \(x\in B\) then \(U_1(x)\) denotes the set of all elements in the principal order filter \(U(x)\) generated by \(x\) except the largest element 1 of \(B\). A whale is an order ideal that has supremum equal to 1. A whale \(A\) is called prime if for every \(x\in B\) exactly one of the sets \(U_1(x)\) and \(U_1(x')\) is contained in \(A\). Using prime ideals, the author gives an alternative to Stone's representation theorem.
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    Boolean algebra
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    prime ideal
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    whale
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    order ideal
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