A solution to Dilworth's Congruence Lattice Problem

dc.creatorWehrung, Friedrich
dc.date2006-01-04
dc.date2007-11-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:41:41Z
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dc.descriptionWe construct a distributive algebraic lattice D that is not isomorphic to the congruence lattice of any lattice. This solves a long-standing open problem, traditionally attributed to R. P. Dilworth, from the forties. The lattice D has compact top element and aleph omega+1 compact elements. Our results extend to all algebras possessing a polynomially definable structure of a join-semilattice with a largest element.
dc.descriptionVersion 1 presents a longer and slightly more general proof, based on so-called "uniform refinement properties". Version 2 presents a shorter proof. Versions 3 an 4 add a few minor improvements. Version 5 fixes a minor oversight in the proof of Theorem 7.1
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601059
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601059
dc.identifierAdvances in Mathematics 216, 2 (2007) 610--625
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.aim.2007.05.016
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/141750
dc.subjectRings and Algebras
dc.subject06B15, 06B10, 06A12. Secondary 08A30, 08B10, 16E50, 19A49
dc.titleA solution to Dilworth's Congruence Lattice Problem
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