Key words Algebraic logic, fuzzy logic, left-continuous t-norm, mathematical fuzzy logic, monoidal triangular norm based logic, MTL-algebra, nilpotent minimum logic, non-classical logic, residuated lattice, substructural logic, variety, weak nilpotent minimum logic, WNM-algebra.
MSC (2000) 03G25, 03B52In this paper we carry out an algebraic investigation of the weak nilpotent minimum logic (WNM) and its t-norm based axiomatic extensions. We consider the algebraic counterpart of WNM, the variety of WNM-algebras (WNM) and prove that it is locally finite, so all its subvarieties are generated by finite chains. We give criteria to compare varieties generated by finite families of WNM-chains, in particular varieties generated by standard WNM-chains, or equivalently t-norm based axiomatic extensions of WNM, and we study their standard completeness properties. We also characterize the generic WNM-chains, i. e. those that generate the variety WNM, and we give finite axiomatizations for some t-norm based extensions of WNM.