On certain quasivarieties of quasi-MV algebras

LEDDA, ANTONIO;Kowalski T;PAOLI, FRANCESCO

2011-01-01

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Abstract

Quasi-MV algebras are generalisations of MV algebras arising in quantum computational logic. Although a reasonably complete description of the lattice of subvarieties of quasi-MV algebras has already been provided, the problem of extending this description to the setting of quasivarieties has so far remained open. Given its apparent logical repercussions, we tackle the issue in the present paper. We especially focus on quasivarieties whose generators either are subalgebras of the standard square quasi-MV algebra S, or can be obtained therefrom through the addition of some fixpoints for the inverse.