Combines the techniques of an introductory text with those of a monograph to introduce the general reader to lattice theory & to bring the expert up to date on the most recent developments. This present edition has been significantly updated & expanded.
General Lattice Theory
✍ Scribed by George Grätzer (auth.)
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Basel
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 392
- Series
- Mathematische Reihe Lehrbücher und Monographien aus dem Gebiete der Exakten Wissenschaften 52
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
First Concepts....Pages 1-58
Distributive Lattices....Pages 59-128
Congruences and Ideals....Pages 129-160
Modular and Semimodular Lattices....Pages 161-226
Equational Classes of Lattices....Pages 227-263
Free Products....Pages 265-309
Back Matter....Pages 311-381
✦ Subjects
Science, general
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