Ockham algebra

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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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Ockham algebra (plural Ockham algebras)

  1. (algebra) A bounded distributive lattice with a dual endomorphism (where “dual” means that it satisfies De Morgan’s laws).

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