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Heyting algebra

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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A bounded lattice, L, modified to serve as a model for a logical calculus by being equipped with a binary operation called "implies", denoted → (sometimes ⊃ or ⇒), defined such that (a→b)∧a ≤ b and, moreover, that x = a→b is the greatest element such that x∧a ≤ b (in the sense that if c∧a ≤ b then c ≤ a→b).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: algebra, mathematics, order-theory, sciences

Examples

  • 1997, J. G. Stell, M. W. Worboys, The Algebraic Structure of Sets and Regions, Stephen C. Hirtle, Andrew U. Frank (editors), Spatial Information Theory A Theoretical Basis for GIS: International Conference, Proceedings, Springer, LNCS 1329, page 163, The main contention of this paper is that Heyting algebras, and related structures, provide elegant and natural theories of parthood and boundary which have close connections to the above three ontologies.

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History

Etymology

After Dutch mathematician Arend Heyting, who developed the theory as a way of modelling his intuitionistic logic.

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Translations

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  • Italian: algebra di Heyting — bounded lattice equipped with operation called implies