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Stone's representation theorem states that every Boolean algebra is isomorphic to an algebra of point sets.


Loomis-Sikorski theorem states that ''every $\sigma$-complete Boolean algebra is $\sigma$-isomorphic to a $\sigma$-complete Boolean algebra of point sets modulo a $\sigma$-ideal in that algebra (Loomis, 1947)''.


What is the intuition behind the fact that we have to take the quotient space of a $\sigma$-complete Boolean algebra of point sets by a $\sigma$-ideal in that algebra for the representation of $\sigma$-complete Boolean algebras?


Thanks a lot for clarifying.






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