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On triangular norm based axiomatic extensions of the weak nilpotent minimum logic
Author(s) -
Noguera Carles,
Esteva Francesc,
Gispert Joan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
mathematical logic quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.473
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1521-3870
pISSN - 0942-5616
DOI - 10.1002/malq.200710054
Subject(s) - mathematics , norm (philosophy) , axiom , nilpotent , algebraic number , pure mathematics , variety (cybernetics) , fuzzy logic , discrete mathematics , algebra over a field , computer science , mathematical analysis , geometry , statistics , artificial intelligence , political science , law
In this paper we carry out an algebraic investigation of the weak nilpotent minimum logic (WNM) and its t‐norm based axiomatic extensions. We consider the algebraic counterpart of WNM, the variety of WNM‐algebras (ℕ) and prove that it is locally finite, so all its subvarieties are generated by finite chains. We give criteria to compare varieties generated by finite families of WNM‐chains, in particular varieties generated by standard WNM‐chains, or equivalently t‐norm based axiomatic extensions of WNM, and we study their standard completeness properties. We also characterize the generic WNM‐chains, i. e. those that generate the variety ℕ, and we give finite axiomatizations for some t‐norm based extensions of WNM. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)