Boolean deductive systems of BL-algebras

BL-algebras rise as Lindenbaum algebras from many valued logic introduced b y Hajek [2]. In this paper Boolean ds and implicative ds of BL-algebras are defined and studied. The following is proved to be equivalent: (i) a ds D is implicative, (ii) D is Boolean, (iii) LID is a Boolean algebra. Moreover , a BL-algebra L contains a proper Boolean ds iff L is bipartite. Local BL- algebras, too, are characterized. These results generalize some theorems pr esented in [4], [5], [6] for MV-algebras which are BL-algebras fulfiling an additional double negation law x = x**.