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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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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 $\...
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