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A Generalization of the Jaffard-Ohm-Kaplansky Theorem
Algebra Universalis
  • Wolf Iberkleid, Nova Southeastern University
  • Warren William McGovern
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Keywords
  • Algebraic frame,
  • Quantale,
  • Prüfer domain,
  • Lattice-ordered group
Disciplines
Abstract

The well-known Jaffard–Ohm–Kaplansky Theorem states that every abelian ℓ-group can be realized as the group of divisibility of a commutative Bézout domain. To date there is no realization (except in certain circumstances) of an arbitrary, not necessarily abelian, ℓ-group as the group of divisibility of an integral domain. We show that using filters on lattices we can construct a nice quantal frame whose “group of divisibility” is the given ℓ-group. We then show that our construction when applied to an abelian ℓ-group gives rise to the lattice of ideals of any Prüfer domain assured by the Jaffard–Ohm–Kaplansky Theorem. Thus, we are assured of the appropriate generalization of the Jaffard–Ohm–Kaplansky Theorem

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© Birkhäuser Verlag Basel/Switzerland 2009

DOI
10.1007/s00012-009-0012-4.
Citation Information
Wolf Iberkleid and Warren William McGovern. "A Generalization of the Jaffard-Ohm-Kaplansky Theorem" Algebra Universalis Vol. 61 (2009) p. 201 - 212 ISSN: 0002-5240
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/wolf-iberkleid/2/