An algebraic approach to canonical formulas: modal case (Q647410)

The authors generalize the result that the category MA of modal algebras and modal homomorphisms is dually equivalent to the category MS of modal spaces and continuous \(p\)-morphisms to the following result: Theorem 3.4: MA\(^R\) is dually equivalent to MS\(^P\). Here MA\(^R\)is the category of modal algebras and relativized modal algebra homomorphisms, and MS\(^P\) is the category of modal spaces and partial continuous \(p\)-morphisms. For a modal algebra \((A, \wedge, \vee, \neg, \diamond, 0,1)\) and \(s\in A\), \(A_s\) is defined by \(A_s = [0,s]=\{ x\in A\,|\,0\leq x\leq s\}\), and the operations on \(A_s\) are defined as follows:{\parindent=8mm \begin{itemize}\item[1)] \(x\wedge_s y = x\wedge y\) \item[2)] \(x\vee_s y = x\vee y\) \item[3)] \(0_s = 0\) \text{and} \ \(1_s = s\) \item[4)] \(\neg_s x = \neg x \wedge s\) \item[5)] \(\diamond_s x= s \wedge \diamond x\) \end{itemize}} \(A_s\) is called a relativization of \(A\) to \(s\). For modal algebras \(A,B\) and a map \(\eta : A\to B\), \(\eta\) is called a relativized modal algebra homomorphism if it is a modal algebra homomorphism from \(A\) to the relativized modal algebra \(B_{\eta(1)}\). For Stone spaces \(X\) and \(Y\), a partial map \(f:X\to Y\) is called a partial continuous map if dom(\(f\)) is a clopen subset of \(X\) and \(f\) is a continuous map from dom(\(f\)) to \(Y\). Let \((X,R)\) and \((Y,Q)\) be modal spaces and \(f:X\to Y\) be a partial map. Then \(f\) is called a partial continuous \(p\)-morphism if: 1. \(x,z\in \text{dom}(f)\) and \(xRz\) imply \(f(x)Qf(z)\); 2. \(x\in \text{dom}(f)\) and \(f(x)Qy\) imply that there exists \(z\in \text{dom}(f)\) such that \(xRz\) and \(f(z)=y\). Moreover, by considering MA as the transitive case K4 of modal algebra, they give a new algebraic proof of Zakharyashev's theorem that each logic over K4 is axiomatizable by canonical frames.