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This paper defines a category of bounded distributive lattice-ordered grupoids with a left-residual operation that corresponds to a weak system in the family of relevant logics. Algebras corresponding to stronger systems are obtained by adding further postulates. A duality theoey piggy-backed on the Priestley duality theory for distributive lattices is developed for these algebras. The duality theory is then applied in providing characterizations of the dual spaces corresponding to stronger relevant logics.
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The author gratefully acknowledges the support of the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
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Urquhart, A. Duality for algebras of relevant logics. Stud Logica 56, 263–276 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00370149
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