Stone MV-algebras and strongly complete MV-algebras

Abstract

Characterizations of compact Hausdorff topological MV-algebras, Stone MV-algebras, and MV-algebras that are isomorphic to their profinite completions are established. It is proved that compact Hausdorff topological MV-algebras are products (both topological and algebraic) of copies [0, 1] with the interval topology and finite Łukasiewicz chains with the discrete topology. Going one step further, we also prove that Stone MV-algebras are products (both topological and algebraic) of finite Łukasiewicz chains with the discrete topology. Finally, it is proved that an MV-algebra is isomorphic to its profinite completion if and only if it is profinite and each of its maximal ideals of finite rank is principal.