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arxiv: math/0601059 · v5 · submitted 2006-01-04 · 🧮 math.RA

A solution to Dilworth's Congruence Lattice Problem

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We construct a distributive algebraic lattice D that is not isomorphic to the congruence lattice of any lattice. This solves a long-standing open problem, traditionally attributed to R. P. Dilworth, from the forties. The lattice D has compact top element and aleph omega+1 compact elements. Our results extend to all algebras possessing a polynomially definable structure of a join-semilattice with a largest element.

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