Near unanimity: An obstacle to general duality theory

DOI10.1007/BF01190710zbMath0824.08007MaRDI QIDQ1891279

Ralph McKenzie, Brian A. Davey, Lutz Heindorf

Publication date: 9 November 1995

Published in: Algebra Universalis (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

congruencesnatural dualitytopologyfinite algebraalgebra of continuous functionsnear-unanimity termclosed substructureshom-functors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Subalgebras, congruence relations (08A30) Quasivarieties (08C15) Algebraic structures (08A99)

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