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We construct some new axiomatic systems for the Boolean algebra. In particular, an axiomatic system for disjunction and logical negation consists of three axioms. We prove the independence of the axiomatic systems proposed.
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Kiev University, Kiev. Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 49, No. 7, pp. 937–942, July, 1997.
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Lisovik, L.P. On axiomatizations of Boolean algebras. Ukr Math J 49, 1051–1057 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02528750
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02528750