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Sachs (Can J Math 14:451–460, 1962) showed that a Boolean algebra is determined by its lattice of subalgebras. We establish the corresponding result for orthomodular lattices. We show that an orthomodular lattice L is determined by its lattice of subalgebras Sub(L), as well as by its poset of Boolean subalgebras BSub(L). The domain BSub(L) has recently found use in an approach to the foundations of quantum mechanics initiated by Butterfield and Isham (Int J Theor Phys 37(11):2669–2733, 1998, Int J Theor Phys 38(3):827–859, 1999), at least in the case where L is the orthomodular lattice of projections of a Hilbert space, or von Neumann algebra. The results here may add some additional perspective to this line of work.
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Harding, J., Navara, M. Subalgebras of Orthomodular Lattices. Order 28, 549–563 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11083-010-9191-z
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