Research

Research Areas

  • Algebraic Logic
  • Lattice Theory
  • Universal Algebra

Research Papers

  1. McDonald, J.: Spectral and pairwise Stone duality for De Morgan algebras with commutative closure operators. Under preparation.  
  2. McDonald, J.: Completeness and bisimulation invariance of distributed epistemic Gödel logic over [0,1]-valued Kripke models. Under preparation 
  3. McDonald, J.: Monadic and cylindric expansions of bounded implication algebras. Under review at Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra
  4. McDonald, J.: Duality for partial orthomodular lattices. Under review at Algebra Universalis 
  5. McDonald, J.: Cylindric quasi-implication algebras. Under review at Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics 
  6. McDonald, J.: Canonical completion and duality for cylindric ortholattices and cylindric Boolean algebras. Studia Logica (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11225-026-10234-z
  7. Lin, C.Y., McDonald, J.: Functional monadic ortholattices and locally finite σ-free polyadic ortholattices. Algebra Universalis. vol. 87  (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-025-
  8. McDonald, J.: Orthogonality relations and operators on bounded quasi-implication algebras. Order. vol. 42 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11083-025-09706-z
  9. Harding, J., McDonald, J., Peinado, M.: Monadic ortholattices: completions and duality. Algebra Universalis. vol. 86 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-025-00889-5
  10. McDonald, J.: Direct and ordinal products realized by triangular norm operators with no zero divisors. Fuzzy Sets and Systems. vol. 493-494 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fss.2024.109096
  11. McDonald, J., Bimbó, K.: Topological duality for orthomodular lattices. Mathematical Logic Quarterly. vol  69 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1002/malq.202200044
  12. McDonald, J., Yamamoto, K.: Choice-free duality for orthocomplemented lattices by means of spectral spaces. Algebra Universalis. vol. 83 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-022-00789-y

PhD Thesis: Representation of Ortholattice-Based Algebras and Related Topics, University of Alberta, 2025.

Selected Recent Research Presentation Venues 

  1. Australasian Association for Logic Annual Meeting, University of Queensland, Department of Philosophy (2025)
  2. Set Theory and Analysis Seminar, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mathematics (2025)
  3. Seminar in Applied Mathematical Logic, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Computer Science (2025)
  4. Australasian Association for Logic Annual Meeting, University of Sydney, Department of Philosophy (2024)
  5. B.L.A.S.T., University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Mathematics and Statistics (2023)