Ockham algebra
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Noun
[edit]Ockham algebra (plural Ockham algebras)
- (algebra) A bounded distributive lattice with a dual endomorphism (where “dual” means that it satisfies De Morgan’s laws).