A general view of the algebraic semantics of Łukasiewicz logic with product

Abstract

This paper aims at connecting the various classes that provide an algebraic semantics for three different conservative expansions of Lukasiewicz logic, using algebraic and category-theoretical techniques. We connect such classes of algebras by adjunctions, using the tensor product of MV-algebras and defining the tensor PMV-algebra of a semisimple MV-algebra, inspired by the construction of the tensor algebra of a vector space. We further apply the main results to prove amalgamation properties and, via categorical equivalence, we transfer all results to the framework of lattice- ordered groups.