Simple constructions of $\mathrm{FBL}(A)$ and $\mathrm{FBL}[E]$

Abstract

We show that the free Banach lattice $\mathrm{FBL}(A)$ may be constructed as the completion of $\mathrm{FVL}(A)$ with respect to the maximal lattice seminorm $\nu$ on $\mathrm{FVL}(A)$ with $\nu(a)\le 1$ for all $a\in A$. We present a similar construction for the free Banach lattice $\mathrm{FBL}[E]$ generated by a Banach space $E$.