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Sublattices and Initial Segments of the Degrees of Unsolvability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

S. K. Thomason*
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, California; Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
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In this paper we shall prove that every finite lattice is isomorphic to a sublattice of the degrees of unsolvability, and that every one of a certain class of finite lattices is isomorphic to an initial segment of degrees.

Acknowledgment. I am grateful to Ralph McKenzie for his assistance in matters of lattice theory.

1. Representation of lattices. The equivalence lattice of the set S consists of all equivalence relations on S, ordered by setting θ ≦ θ’ if for all a and b in S, a θ ba θ’ b. The least upper bound and greatest lower bound in are given by the and operations:

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1970

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