On a functional equation arising from hyperbolic geometry.
Extensions of order bounded linear operators on an Archimedean vector lattice to its relatively uniform completion are considered and are applied to show that the multiplication in an Archimedean lattice ordered algebra can be extended, in a unique way, to its relatively uniform completion. This is applied to show, among other things, that any order bounded algebra homomorphism on a complex Archimedean almost -algebra is a lattice homomorphism.
We define the order-congruence distributivity at 0 and order- congruence n-distributivity at 0 of ordered algebras with a nullary operation 0. These notions are generalizations of congruence distributivity and congruence n-distributivity. We prove that a class of ordered algebras with a nullary operation 0 closed under taking subalgebras and direct products is order-congruence distributive at 0 iff it is order-congruence n-distributive at 0. We also characterize such classes by a Mal'tsev condition....
In the paper we prove that every orthosymmetric lattice bilinear map on the cartesian product of a vector lattice with itself can be extended to an orthosymmetric lattice bilinear map on the cartesian product of the Dedekind completion with itself. The main tool used in our proof is the technique associated with extension to a vector subspace generated by adjoining one element. As an application, we prove that if is a commutative -algebra and its Dedekind completion, then, can be equipped...
Henriksen and Isbell showed in 1962 that some commutative rings admit total orderings that violate equational laws (in the language of lattice-ordered rings) that are satisfied by all totally-ordered fields. In this paper, we review the work of Henriksen and Isbell on this topic, construct and classify some examples that illustrate this phenomenon using the valuation theory of Hion (in the process, answering a question posed in [E]) and, finally, prove that a base for the equational theory of totally-ordered...
Prestel introduced a generalization of the notion of an ordering of a field, which is called a semiordering. Prestel's axioms for a semiordered field differ from the usual (Artin-Schreier) postulates in requiring only the closedness of the domain of positivity under x ↦ xa² for non-zero a, in place of requiring that positive elements have a positive product. Our aim in this work is to study this type of ordering in the case of a division ring. We show that it actually behaves just as in the commutative...
Prestel introduced a generalization of the notion of an ordering of a field, which is called a semiordering. Prestel’s axioms for a semiordered field differ from the usual (Artin-Schreier) postulates in requiring only the closedness of the domain of positivity under for nonzero , instead of requiring that positive elements have a positive product. In this work, this type of ordering is studied in the case of a division ring. It is shown that it actually behaves the same as in the commutative...
The main topic of the first section of this paper is the following theorem: let be an Archimedean -algebra with unit element , and a Riesz homomorphism such that for all . Then every Riesz homomorphism extension of from the Dedekind completion of into itself satisfies for all . In the second section this result is applied in several directions. As a first application it is applied to show a result about extensions of positive projections to the Dedekind completion. A second application...
Let x be a positive element of an ordered Banach algebra. We prove a relationship between the spectra of x and of certain positive elements y for which either xy ≤ yx or yx ≤ xy. Furthermore, we show that the spectral radius is continuous at x, considered as an element of the set of all positive elements y ≥ x such that either xy ≤ yx or yx ≤ xy. We also show that the property ϱ(x + y) ≤ ϱ(x) + ϱ(y) of the spectral radius ϱ can be obtained for positive elements y which satisfy at least one of the...
Eighteen open problems posed during FSTA 2010 (Liptovský Ján, Slovakia) are presented. These problems concern copulas, triangular norms and related aggregation functions. Some open problems concerning effect algebras are also included.