On valuations of nearfields
We investigate conditions on an infinite simple group in order to construct a zero-symmetric nearring with identity on it. Using the Higman-Neumann-Neumann extensions and Clay’s characterization, we obtain zero-symmetric nearrings with identity with the additive groups infinite simple groups. We also show that no zero-symmetric nearring with identity can have the symmetric group as its additive group.
Certain ring-like structures, so-called orthorings, are introduced which are in a natural one-to-one correspondence with lattices with 0 every principal ideal of which is an ortholattice. This correspondence generalizes the well-known bijection between Boolean rings and Boolean algebras. It turns out that orthorings have nice congruence and ideal properties.