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Definitions for forms [14 R] through [14 U], [14 BH] through [14 BL], and [86 B]. See Banaschewski [1981], Banaschewski [1983], Banaschewski [1997], Paseka [1989], and Vickers [1989].

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Definitions for forms [14 R] through [14 U], [14 BH] through [14 BL], and [86 B]. See Banaschewski [1981], Banaschewski [1983], Banaschewski [1997], Paseka [1989], and Vickers [1989].

Definition:

  1. A local lattice (or frame or complete Heyting algebra) is a complete lattice \(L\) satisfying the distribution law: \(x\wedge \bigvee_{i\in I} x_{i} = \bigvee_{i\in I}(x\wedge x_{i})\), for all \(x\), \(x_i\in L\) and \(\{x_i: i\in  I\} \subseteq L\). (Example: \({\cal D}X\) - the open sets of a topological space)
  2. A lattice \(L\) is spatial if for some topological space\(X\), \(L\) is isomorphic to \({\cal D}X\). (Theorem. Every complete Boolean algebra is a local lattice. A complete Boolean algebra is a spatial iff it is atomic.)
  3. \(c\in L\) (\(L\) a local lattice) is compact if and only if \(c\le\bigvee_{i\in I} x_i\) implies \(c\le x_{i_{1}}\vee\ldots\vee x_{i_{n}}\), for some indices \(i_{1}, \ldots , i_{n}\).
  4. \(L\) is compact iff its top element \(e\) is compact.
  5. \(L\) is coherent iff (i) Each element of \(L\) is the join of compact elements and (ii) the meet of any finite set, including the empty set, of compact elements is compact.
  6. \(L\) is regular iff for each \(x\in L\), \(x\) is the join of all \(y\ll x\), where \(y\ll x\) means \((\exists z\in L)(y\wedge z = 0\) and \(x \vee  z = e)\).
  7. \(L\) is \(0\) dimensional iff for each \(x\in L\), \(x =\bigvee \{y\in L: y^* \vee y = e\) and \(y\le x\}\).  (\(y^*\) is the pseudo-complement of \(y\), \(y^*= \bigvee\{c\in L: c \land a = 0\}\).)
  8. \(L\) is conjunctive iff \(\forall a,b\in L\), such that \(a
  9. A closed set \(F\) of a topological space \(X\) is irreducible iff whenever \(G_i\), \(1\le i\le n\), are closed sets with \(F\subseteq \bigcup_{i=1}^n G_i\), then \(F \subseteq G_i\) for some \(i\).
  10. If \(F\) is a closed set in a topological space \(X\), then \(x\in X\) is a generic point for \(F\) iff \(F\) is the closure of\(\{x\}\).
  11. A topological space is sober iff every irreducible closed set has a unique generic point.
  12. The sum of two frames \(L_1\) and \(L_2\) is the lattice whose set is the Cartesian product of the two frames with operations done componentwise.
  13. A ring \(R\) is regular iff \((\forall a)(\exists b)(aba=a)\). (It is known that every prime ideal in a commutative regular ring is maximal.)
  14. A Gelfand algebra is a commutative Banach algebra \(A\) with unit 1 over the real numbers \({\Bbb R}\) such that \(\Vert a^{2}\Vert=  \Vert a\Vert^{2}\)  and \(1 + a^{2}\)  is invertible for all \(a \in  A\).
  15. A \(\aleph_\alpha\)-frame is a partially ordered set\(A\) with zero (0) and unit (e) in which every pair of elements has a meet and every subset of cardinality \(\le \aleph_\alpha\) has a join and which satisfies the distributive law:   \(a\land \bigvee S =\bigvee \{a\land t : t\in S\}\) for any \(a\in A\) and subset \(S\) of \(A\)of cardinality \(\le \aleph_\alpha\).  
  16. A cover of a lattice \(L\) is a subset \(S\) of \(L\) such that \(\bigvee S = e\) where \(e\) is the unit in the lattice. A subcover of S is a subset of \(S\) which is still a cover.
  17. A lattice \(L\) is \(\aleph_\alpha\)-Lindelöf if every cover of \(L\) has a subcover of cardinality \(\le \aleph_\alpha\).
  18. For any \(\aleph_\alpha\)-frame \(A\) and ideal \(J\) of \(A\),let \(k_0(A) = \{\bigvee S : S\subseteq A\land |S|\le\aleph_\alpha\}\). Then \(\{ J : J \hbox{ is an ideal in } A\hbox{ and } k_0(J) = J \}\) ordered by \(\subseteq\) is a frame and is called the frame envelope of \(A\).

Howard-Rubin number: 29

Type: Definitions

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