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Semi-DeMorgan algebras are a common generalization of DeMorgan algebras and pseudocomplemented distributive lattices. A duality for them is developed that builds on the Priestley duality for distributive lattices. This duality is then used in several applications. The subdirectly irreducible semi-DeMorgan algebras are characterized. A theory of “partial diagrams” is developed, where properties of algebras are tied to the omission of certain partial diagrams from their duals. This theory is then used to find and give axioms for the largest variety of semi-DeMorgan algebras with the congruence extension property.
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Semi-deMorgan algebras include demi-p-lattices, the topic of H. Gaitan's contribution to this special edition. D. Hobby's results were obtained independently.
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Hobby, D. Semi-DeMorgan algebras. Stud Logica 56, 151–183 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00370145
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