% Robbins algebra % % If a Robbins algebra has an element c such that x+c=c, % then it is Boolean. % % Commutativity, associativity, and Huntington's axiom % axiomatize Boolean algebra. set(auto). list(usable). x = x. x+y = y+x. (x+y)+z = x+y+z. n(n(x+y)+n(x+n(y))) = x. % Robbins axiom x+C = C. % hypothesis---exists a 1 n(A+n(B))+n(n(A)+n(B)) != B. % denial of Huntington axiom end_of_list.