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Facets of congruence distributivity in Goursat categories

arXiv:1909.10211 · doi:10.1016/j.jpaa.2020.106380

Abstract

We give new characterisations of regular Mal'tsev categories with distributive lattice of equivalence relations through variations of the so-called Triangular Lemma and Trapezoid Lemma in universal algebra. We then give new characterisations of equivalence distributive Goursat categories (which extend -permutable varieties) through variations of the Triangular and Trapezoid Lemmas involving reflexive and positive relations.

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