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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 iii Paper 120 3 e Solution by
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Let be any distributive lattice. Its Stone map of a distributive latticeis an injective lattice homomorphism from into the lattice of clopen up-sets of its Priestley dual space. In particular these images are open subsets of the underlying topological space, and the map preserves , , finite meets and finite joins.
Now assume that an implication-free formula is valid under every lattice valuation in every topological space. Given any valuation of its variables in any distributive lattice , compose it with the Stone map. Topological validity says that the resulting value of is the whole Priestley space. Injectivity of the Stone map then says that the original value of was . Hence is valid in every distributive lattice.
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