Representable and diagonally representable weakening relation algebras

Peter Jipsen, Jaš Šemrl*

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Abstract

A binary relation defined on a poset is a weakening relation if the partial order acts as a both-sided compositional identity. This is motivated by the weakening rule in sequent calculi and closely related to models of relevance logic. For a fixed poset the collection of weakening relations is a subreduct of the full relation algebra on the underlying set of the poset. We present a two-player game for the class of representable weakening relation algebras akin to that for the class of representable relation algebras. This enables us to define classes of abstract weakening relation algebras that approximate the quasivariety of representable weakening relation algebras. We give explicit finite axiomatisations for some of these classes. We define the class of diagonally representable weakening relation algebras and prove that it is a discriminator variety. We also provide explicit representations for several small weakening relation algebras.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRelational and Algebraic Methods in Computer Science. RAMiCS 2023.
EditorsR. Glück, L. Santocanale, M. Winter
PublisherSpringer Cham
Pages140-157
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)9783031280832
ISBN (Print)9783031280825
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Mar 2023
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Volume13896
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Keywords

  • weakening relation algebra
  • relevance frames
  • Sugihara monoids
  • representation games

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