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Topological universal algebra: what is a variety?
Very roughly, universal algebra is the study of those classes of algebraic structures which can be defined via a set of equations; such a class is called a variety. Of course there is far more to the ...
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What algebraic properties are preserved by $\mathbb{N}\leadsto\beta\mathbb{N}$?
Given a binary operation $\star$ on $\mathbb{N}$, we can naturally extend $\star$ to a semicontinuous operation $\widehat{\star}$ on the set $\beta\mathbb{N}$ of ultrafilters on $\mathbb{N}$ as ...
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Comparing "axiomatized function spaces"
This was previously asked and bountied at math.stackexchange with no response. I've also tweaked the language for clarity; see the edit history for the broader context, and note that the existing ...
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Ultrafilter subtraction and "zero"
This is related to a couple recent MO/MSE questions of mine, namely 1,2. Belatedly, I've tweaked this post to remove an overly-ambitious secondary question; see the edit history if interested.
Let $\...