=====Shells===== ====Definition==== A \emph{shell} is a structure $\mathbf{S}=\langle S,+,0,\cdot,1 \rangle $ of type $\langle 2,0,2,0\rangle $ such that $0$ is an identity for $+$: $0+x=x$, $x+0=x$ $1$ is an identity for $\cdot$: $1\cdot x=x$, $x\cdot 1=x$ $0$ is a zero for $\cdot$: $0\cdot x=0$, $x\cdot 0=0$ ==Morphisms== Let $\mathbf{S}$ and $\mathbf{T}$ be shells. A morphism from $\mathbf{S}$ to $\mathbf{T}$ is a function $h:S\rightarrow T$ that is a homomorphism: $h(x+y)=h(x)+h(y)$, $h(x\cdot y)=h(x)\cdot h(y)$, $h(0)=0$, $h(1)=1$ ====Examples==== Example 1: ====Basic results==== ====Properties==== ^[[Classtype]] |variety | ^[[Equational theory]] |decidable | ^[[Quasiequational theory]] | | ^[[First-order theory]] |undecidable | ^[[Locally finite]] |no | ^[[Residual size]] |unbounded | ^[[Congruence distributive]] |no | ^[[Congruence modular]] |no | ^[[Congruence n-permutable]] |no | ^[[Congruence regular]] |no | ^[[Congruence uniform]] |no | ^[[Congruence extension property]] |no | ^[[Definable principal congruences]] |no | ^[[Equationally def. pr. cong.]] |no | ^[[Amalgamation property]] |yes | ^[[Strong amalgamation property]] |yes | ^[[Epimorphisms are surjective]] | | ====Finite members==== $\begin{array}{lr} f(1)= &1\\ f(2)= &\\ f(3)= &\\ f(4)= &\\ f(5)= &\\ f(6)= &\\ \end{array}$ ====Subclasses==== [[Semirings with identity and zero]] ====Superclasses==== ====References==== [(Ln19xx> )]