This paper introduces an approach to the axiomatic theory of quadratic forms based on {tmem{presentable}} partially ordered sets, that is partially ordered sets subject to additional conditions which amount to a strong form of local presentability. It turns out that the classical notion of the Witt ring of symmetric bilinear forms over a field makes sense in the context of {tmem{quadratically p...

We consider conditions which force a well-quasi-ordered poset (wqo) to be betterquasi-ordered (bqo). In particular we obtain that if a poset P is wqo and the set Sω(P ) of strictly increasing sequences of elements of P is bqo under domination, then P is bqo. As a consequence, we get the same conclusion if Sω(P ) is replaced by J (P ), the collection of non-principal ideals of P , or by AM(P ), ...

the starting point of this paper is given by priestley’s papers, where a theory of representation of distributive lattices is presented. the purpose of this paper is to develop a representation theory of fuzzy distributive lattices in the finite case. in this way, some results of priestley’s papers are extended. in the main theorem, we show that the category of finite fuzzy priestley space...