Quantale Algebras As a Generalization of Lattice-Valued Frames
Quantale algebras as a generalization of lattice-valued frames Sergey A. Solovyov∗ y z Abstract Recently, I. Stubbe constructed an isomorphism between the categories of right Q-modules and cocomplete skeletal Q-categories for a given unital quantale Q. Employing his results, we obtain an isomorphism between the categories of Q-algebras and Q-quantales, where Q is ad- ditionally assumed to be commutative. As a consequence, we provide a common framework for two concepts of lattice-valued frame, which are currently available in the literature. Moreover, we obtain a con- venient setting for lattice-valued extensions of the famous equivalence between the categories of sober topological spaces and spatial locales, as well as for answering the question on its relationships to the notion of stratification of lattice-valued topological spaces. Keywords: (Cocomplete) (skeletal) Q-category, lattice-valued frame, lattice- valued partially ordered set, quantale, quantale algebra, quantale module, sober topological space, spatial locale, stratification degree, stratified topological space. 2000 AMS Classification: 06F07, 18B99, 06A75, 54A40 1. Introduction 1.1. Lattice-valued frames. The well-known equivalence between the catego- ries of sober topological spaces and spatial locales, initiated by D. Papert and S. Papert [42], and developed in a rigid way by J. R. Isbell [31] and P. T. John- stone [32], opened an important relationship between general topology and uni- versal algebra. In particular, it provided a convenient framework for the famous topological representation theorems of M. Stone for Boolean algebras [71] and dis- tributive lattices [72], which in their turn (backed by the celebrated representation of distributive lattices of H.
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