Function classes and relational constraints stable under compositions with clones

Miguel Couceiro; Stephan Foldes

Discussiones Mathematicae - General Algebra and Applications (2009)

  • Volume: 29, Issue: 2, page 109-121
  • ISSN: 1509-9415

Abstract

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The general Galois theory for functions and relational constraints over arbitrary sets described in the authors' previous paper is refined by imposing algebraic conditions on relations.

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Miguel Couceiro, and Stephan Foldes. "Function classes and relational constraints stable under compositions with clones." Discussiones Mathematicae - General Algebra and Applications 29.2 (2009): 109-121. <http://eudml.org/doc/276920>.

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