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Extension Properties of Boolean Contact Algebras

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Relational and Algebraic Methods in Computer Science (RAMICS 2012)

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We show that the class of Boolean contact algebras has the joint embedding property and the amalgamation property, and that the class of connected Boolean contact algebras has the joint embedding property but not the amalgamation property.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, L2S 3A1

    Ivo Düntsch

  2. Centre for Quantum Computation and Intelligent Systems, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia

    Sanjiang Li

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  1. Department of Computing and Software, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, L8S 4K1, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Wolfram Kahl

  2. Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 15 JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FD, Cambridge, UK

    Timothy G. Griffin

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Düntsch, I., Li, S. (2012). Extension Properties of Boolean Contact Algebras. In: Kahl, W., Griffin, T.G. (eds) Relational and Algebraic Methods in Computer Science. RAMICS 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7560. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33314-9_23

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