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There are nonrepresentable relation algebras generated by their functional elements. This solves a problem posed many years ago. The number of generating functional elements can be as low as 2. This leaves open the problem whether there is a nonrepresentable relation algebra generated by a single functional element.
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In Celebration of the Sixtieth Birthday of Ralph N. McKenzie
Received November 2, 2001; accepted in final form September 30, 2003.
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Maddux, R.D. Nonrepresentable relation algebras generated by functional elements. Algebra univers. 52, 155–165 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-004-1842-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-004-1842-8