%0 Journal Article %T A categorical characterization of non-distributive lattices %A Gonzalo Medina Arellano %A Yuri Alexander Poveda Qui£żones %A Leonardo Prieto Sanabria %J Matem¨˘ticas : Ense£żanza Universitaria %D 2012 %I Universidad del Valle %X In this paper we give a categorical characterization of non-distributive lattices and non-distributive modular lattices, in terms of finite limits and finite colimits. %U http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=46823930008