All retraction operators on a lattice need not form a lattice (Q757452)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4191755
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    All retraction operators on a lattice need not form a lattice
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4191755

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      All retraction operators on a lattice need not form a lattice (English)
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      A lattice L is constructed such that the set of all retractions, i.e. idempotent order-preserving maps of L into itself, does not form a lattice with respect to the pointwise order. Further, a characterization of the existence of the join of two retractions is given in terms of fixed points.
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      set of retractions
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      idempotent order-preserving maps
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      fixed points
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