George Grätzer's Lattice Theory: Foundation is his third book on lattice theory ( General
Lattice Theory 1978 second edition 1998). In 2009 Grätzer considered updating the second
edition to reflect some exciting and deep developments. He soon realized that to lay the
foundation to survey the contemporary field to pose research problems would require more
than one volume and more than one person. So Lattice Theory: Foundation provided the
foundation. Now we complete this project with Lattice Theory: Special Topics and Applications
written by a distinguished group of experts to cover some of the vast areas not in Foundation.
This first volume is divided into three parts. Part I. Topology and Lattices includes two
chapters by Klaus Keimel Jimmie Lawson and Ales Pultr Jiri Sichler. Part II. Special Classes
of Finite Lattices comprises four chapters by Gabor Czedli George Grätzer and Joseph P. S.
Kung. Part III. Congruence Lattices of Infinite Lattices and Beyond includes four chapters by
Friedrich Wehrung and George Grätzer.
