Axiomatizing small varieties of periodic ℓ-pregroups
We provide an axiomatization for the variety generated by the $n$-periodic l-pregroup $\mathbf{F}_n(\mathbb{Z})$, for every $n \in \mathbb{Z}^+$, as well as for all possible joins of such varieties; the finite joins form an ideal in the subvariety lattice of l-pregroups and we describe fully its lattice structure. On the way, we characterize all finitely subdirectly irreducible (FSI) algebras in the variety generated by $\mathbf{F}_n(\mathbb{Z})$ as the $n$-periodic l-pregroups that have a totally ordered group skeleton (and are not trivial). The finitely generated FSIs that are not l-groups are further characterized as lexicographic products of a (finitely generated) totally ordered abelian l-group and $\mathbf{F}_k(\mathbb{Z})$, where $k \mid n$.
Authors
- Nikolaos Galatos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8707-8844)
- Simon Santschi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9364-5149)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Algebra
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2025.10.012
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Algebra and Logic
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00