Heyting algebra

noun

Etymology

After Dutch mathematician Arend Heyting, who developed the theory as a way of modelling his intuitionistic logic.

Definitions

  1. A bounded lattice, L, modified to serve as a model for a logical calculus by being…

    A bounded lattice, L, modified to serve as a model for a logical calculus by being equipped with a binary operation called "implies", denoted → (sometimes ⊃ or ⇒), defined such that (a→b)∧a ≤ b and, moreover, that x = a→b is the greatest element such that x∧a ≤ b (in the sense that if c∧a ≤ b then c ≤ a→b).

    • which is just obvious.

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