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0. Examples

(1) A group $ \langle G; \cdot, \ ^ {-1}, e \rangle $.



(2) A ring $ \langle R; +, \cdot , -, 0 \rangle $; or a ring with 1 $ \langle R; +, \cdot , -, 0, 1 \rangle $.



(3) A Boolean algebra $ \langle$   B$ ; \vee , \wedge , 0, 1, ' \rangle $.



(4) A lattice $ \langle L ; \vee , \wedge \rangle $; the lattice $ \langle$   R$ ; \max, \min \rangle $.



(5) A vector space $ \langle V; +, -, 0,$   mult by $ r$    for each $ r \in$   R$ \rangle $ (if $ V$ is over the reals).



(6) Perkins' semigroup $ \langle S; \cdot \rangle $, with elements

$ \left[\begin{array}{cc}0&0\\  0&0\end{array}\right] $, $ \left[\begin{array}{cc}1&0\\  0&1\end{array}\right] $, $ \left[\begin{array}{cc}1&0\\  0&0\end{array}\right] $, $ \left[\begin{array}{cc}0&0\\  0&1\end{array}\right] $, $ \left[\begin{array}{cc}0&1\\  0&0\end{array}\right] $, $ \left[\begin{array}{cc}0&0\\  1&0\end{array}\right] $.



(7) The 1-unary algebra $ \langle A; f \rangle $ with diagram $\textstyle \parbox{1in}{\includegraphics{text/Adir/1-unary.eps}}$



(8) The tournament $ \langle T; \vee, \wedge \rangle $ with diagram $\textstyle \parbox{1in}{\includegraphics{text/Adir/tournament.eps}}$



(9) The Heyting algebra $ \langle \{0,a,1\}; \vee, \wedge, \rightarrow , 0, 1 \rangle $.



(10) The Murskii 1-binary algebra $ \langle M; \cdot \rangle $ with table
  0 a b
0 0 0 0
a 0 0 a
b 0 b b



(11) Tarski's high-school-algebra algebra $ \langle \omega; +, \cdot
, \uparrow , 1 \rangle $.



(12) Shallon's graph algebra $ \langle G \cup \{0\} ; \cdot \rangle $, $ G = $ $\textstyle \parbox{1in}{\includegraphics{text/Adir/shallon.eps}}$



(13) The relation algebra $ \langle$   Pow$ (S \times S); \cup, \cap,
\emptyset, 1, ', \circ, \ ^ {\cup}, \Delta \rangle $ ($ S $ any set).



(14) The implication algebra $ \langle$   2$ ; \rightarrow \rangle $.



(15) The lattice-ordered group $ \langle$   Z$ ; \wedge, \vee,
+, -, 0 \rangle $.



(16) The set algebra $ \langle S; \rangle $ (set $ S $ with no operations).



(17) The 1-binary algebra $ \langle \{0,1,2\};\cdot \rangle $ with table
  0 1 2
0 0 2 1
1 1 0 2
2 2 1 0




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Kirby A. Baker 2003-02-18