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Main Authors: Craig, Andrew, Morton, Wilmari, Robinson, Claudette
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.15811
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author Craig, Andrew
Morton, Wilmari
Robinson, Claudette
author_facet Craig, Andrew
Morton, Wilmari
Robinson, Claudette
contents Quasi relation algebras (qRAs) were first described by Galatos and Jipsen in 2013. They are generalisations of relation algebras and can also be viewed as certain residuated lattice expansions. We identify positive symmetric idempotent elements in qRAs and show that they can be used to construct new qRAs, so-called contractions of the original algebra. We then show that the contraction of a distributive qRA will be representable when the original algebra is representable. Further, we identify a class of distributive qRAs that are not finitely representable.
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spellingShingle Contractions of quasi relation algebras and applications to representability
Craig, Andrew
Morton, Wilmari
Robinson, Claudette
Logic in Computer Science
Quasi relation algebras (qRAs) were first described by Galatos and Jipsen in 2013. They are generalisations of relation algebras and can also be viewed as certain residuated lattice expansions. We identify positive symmetric idempotent elements in qRAs and show that they can be used to construct new qRAs, so-called contractions of the original algebra. We then show that the contraction of a distributive qRA will be representable when the original algebra is representable. Further, we identify a class of distributive qRAs that are not finitely representable.
title Contractions of quasi relation algebras and applications to representability
topic Logic in Computer Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.15811