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On some correspondences between relational structures and algebras. (English) Zbl 0794.08009

We prove that two categories are isomorphic for any positive integer \(n\): Objects of the first category are \(n+1\)-ary relational structures where an \(n+1\)-ary relational structure is a set with one \(n+1\)-ary relation; morphisms of this category are strong homomorphisms of those structures. Objects of the second category are \(n\)-ary algebras where an \(n\)-ary algebra is a power set with a totally additive \(n\)-ary operation; morphisms of this category are totally additive atom-preserving homomorphisms of those algebras. This result generalizes the main theorem of the author’s earlier papers [ibid. 41, No. 1, 90-98 (1991; Zbl 0790.20090); ibid. 41, No. 2, 300-311 (1991; Zbl 0735.08005)], which represent particular cases of our present result for \(n=1\) and \(n=2\). Definitions presented in these papers for particular cases are now generalized. The proof of our theorem is omitted because it is almost the same as in the first paper quoted.

MSC:

08C05 Categories of algebras
08A02 Relational systems, laws of composition

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