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Orthogonality relations and orthomodularity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

P.D. Finch
Affiliation:
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria.
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Abstract

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An abstract orthogonality relation is defined, a closure operation and a corresponding lattice of closed sets are associated with it. Necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained for the orthomodularity of a sub-ortholattice of the lattice of closed sets.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1970

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