On implicative and maximal ideals of BL-algebras

In the theory of MV-algebras, implicative ideals are studied by Hoo and Sessa. In this paper we define and characterize implicative ideals of BL-algebras. We also investigate maximal ideals of BL-algebras and prove that if an ideal is prime and implicative, then it is maximal. Moreover, we show that an ideal is maximal if and only if the quotient BL-algebra is a simple MV-algebra. Finally, we give the homomorphic properties of implicative and maximal ideals.