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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2003 iii Paper 20 4 ii Solution by
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Suppose every regular open element is complemented. In a Heyting algebra, a complemented element is regular: if and , then and . Finite joins of complemented elements are complemented. Hence is regular, and it is the least regular upper bound of . ThereforeThis proves (ii) implies (iii). The identification of the regular open elements with interiors of closures was established in the preceding part.
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