distributive lattice

<theory>

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).

Last updated: 1998-11-09

Nearby terms:

distributed systems ♦ distribution ♦ distributive lattice ♦ disusered ♦ dithering

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