Abbreviation: CloA
A \emph{closure algebra} is a modal algebra $\mathbf{A}=\langle A,\vee,0, \wedge,1,\neg,\diamond\rangle$ such that
$\diamond$ is \emph{closure operator}: $x\le \diamond x$, $\diamond\diamond x=\diamond x$
Remark: Closure algebras provide algebraic models for the modal logic S4. The operator $\diamond$ is the \emph{possibility operator}, and the \emph{necessity operator} $\Box$ is defined as $\Box x=\neg\diamond\neg x$.
Let $\mathbf{A}$ and $\mathbf{B}$ be closure algebras. A morphism from $\mathbf{A}$ to $\mathbf{B}$ is a function $h:A\to B$ that is a Boolean homomorphism and preserves $\diamond$:
$h(\diamond x)=\diamond h(x)$
Example 1: $\langle P(X),\cup,\emptyset,\cap,X,-,cl\rangle$, where $X$ is any topological space and $cl$ is the closure operator associated with $X$.
Classtype | variety |
---|---|
Equational theory | decidable |
Quasiequational theory | decidable |
First-order theory | undecidable |
Locally finite | no |
Residual size | unbounded |
Congruence distributive | yes |
Congruence modular | yes |
Congruence n-permutable | yes, $n=2$ |
Congruence regular | yes |
Congruence uniform | yes |
Congruence extension property | yes |
Definable principal congruences | yes |
Equationally def. pr. cong. | yes |
Discriminator variety | no |
Amalgamation property | yes |
Strong amalgamation property | yes |
Epimorphisms are surjective | yes |
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