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Meaning of DISTRIBUTIVE LATTICE

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 Definition: 

A lattice for which the least upper bound (lub) and greatest lower bound (glb) operators distribute over one another so that

        a lub (b glb c) == (a lub c) glb (a lub b)

and vice versa.

("lub" and "glb" are written in LateX as \sqcup and \sqcap).

 
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