Lattice-ordered Rings and Modules

This book provides an exposition of the algebraic aspects of the theory of lattice-ordered rings and lattice-ordered modules. All of the background material on rings, modules, and lattice-ordered groups necessary to make the work self-contained and accessible to a variety of readers is included. Key topics include: lattice-ordered groups, rings, and fields; Archimedean $l$-groups; f-rings and larger varieties of $l$-rings; the category of f-modules; various commutativity results. This text may be used as a textbook or for self-study by graduate students and researchers studying lattice-ordered rings and lattice-ordered modules.

From the reviews:

"Lattice-ordered rings and modules are of interest both to algebraists and to functional analysts. Previous authors have presented only those results that are needed for the applications that they have in mind. Having a book like this one would be a great boon. Both the algebraists and the analysts would benefit from having the fundamental results all gathered together in one book. This book would fill in the gap admirably.

Any algebraist or functional analyst whose work involves ordered structures would be interested in this book. That includes mathematicians who study: lattices, ordered semigroups, ordered groups, ordered rings, ordered fields, Riesz spaces, vector lattices, or Banach lattices. It would also be useful for mathematicians who are interested in general ring theory, general group theory, matrix algebras, or function algebras (especially Banach algebras). In short, there is a wide audience who would find the tools that this book provides very useful."

Clearly written and self-contained Each chapter contains a wealth of exercises as well as historical notes Provides a comprehensive summary of the past 60 years of research in this field Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Zusammenfassung

From the reviews:

"Lattice-ordered rings and modules are of interest both to algebraists and to functional analysts. Previous authors have presented only those results that are needed for the applications that they have in mind. Having a book like this one would be a great boon. Both the algebraists and the analysts would benefit from having the fundamental results all gathered together in one book. This book would fill in the gap admirably.

Any algebraist or functional analyst whose work involves ordered structures would be interested in this book. That includes mathematicians who study: lattices, ordered semigroups, ordered groups, ordered rings, ordered fields, Riesz spaces, vector lattices, or Banach lattices. It would also be useful for mathematicians who are interested in general ring theory, general group theory, matrix algebras, or function algebras (especially Banach algebras). In short, there is a wide audience who would find the tools that this book provides very useful."

Inhalt
Partially Ordered Sets and Lattices.- Lattice-ordered Groups.- Lattice-ordered Rings.- The Category of -Modules.- Lattice-ordered Fields.- Additional Topics.