English Explanatory Dictionary

Ockham algebra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Ockham algebra Ockham algebras

Etymology

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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