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We show how to obtain the Lindenbaum algebra of a logic program. In the case of a positive program it is simply a distributive lattice with a greatest element. We also investigate programs with strong negation which allow to represent and process explicit negative information. Although we have double negation elimination and the DeMorgan rules we do not obtain a DeMorgan algebra as the Lindenbaum algebra of a program with strong negation as one could have expected.
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Wagner, G. (1992). Lindenbaum-algebraic semantics of logic programs. In: Pearce, D., Wansing, H. (eds) Nonclassical Logics and Information Processing. All-Berlin 1990. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 619. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0031925
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