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The finite basis problem for $2\times 2$ triangular Boolean matrix semirings and incidence semirings

Jun Jiao·Xiaolei Shao
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An explicit finite identity basis is given for the eight-element semiring of upper triangular Boolean \(2\times2\) matrices in the signature \((+,\cdot)\). The basis consists of a known multiplicative basis, the ai-semiring laws, and 30 mixed identities, each using at most eight variables. The proof combines a finite basis for the multiplicative reduct with finite rules for shuffling words, duplicating a marked occurrence, and interchanging adjacent occurrences while adding prescribed witnesses. This converts the one-letter gap criterion into a derivation of every valid semiring identity. We also study the band subvariety, a distinguished 156-element interval of the subvariety lattice, congruences, flat members, and finite representations of free algebras. Every \(m\)-letter word has an equivalent subword of length at most \(m^2\) for \(m\geq2\), and the free algebras have doubly exponential rank growth. For arbitrary partially ordered sets, we determine the equational theory of Boolean relation semirings and of finite-support incidence semirings over nontrivial bounded distributive lattices: finite height \(h\) gives the theory of \(T_h\), while unbounded height gives precisely the identities of all additively idempotent semirings.

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Jun Jiao, Xiaolei Shao. 2026-09-26. The finite basis problem for $2\times 2$ triangular Boolean matrix semirings and incidence semirings. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.32356

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