Congruences on near-Heyting algebras

Abstract

A near-Heyting algebra is a join-semilattice with a top element such that every principal upset is a Heyting algebra. We establish a one-to-one correspondence between the lattices of filters and congruences of a near-Heyting algebra. To attain this aim, we first show an embedding from the lattice of filters to the lattice of congruences of a distributive nearlattice. Then, we describe the subdirectly irreducible and simple near-Heyting algebras. Finally, we fully characterize the principal congruences of distributive nearlattices and near-Heyting algebras. We conclude that the varieties of distributive nearlattices and near-Heyting algebras have equationally definable principal congruences.