Ockham algebra
Meaning
Noun
- A bounded distributive lattice with a dual endomorphism (where “dual” means that it satisfies De Morgan’s laws).
Related
Narrower meaning words
- Boolean algebra
- De Morgan algebra
- Kleene algebra
- Stone algebra
Broader meaning words
Origin
- Named after the English Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher William of Ockham (1287–1347) by Alasdair Urquhart in 1979. The notion was introduced by Joel Berman in 1977.
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