quantale

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noun

A kind of partially ordered algebraic structure that generalizes locales (point free topologies) as well as various multiplicative lattices of ideals from ring theory and functional analysis.

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Meanings

nounquantale (plural quantales)

plural quantales

  1. mathematicsA kind of partially ordered algebraic structure that generalizes locales (point free topologies) as well as various multiplicative lattices of ideals from ring theory and functional analysis.
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