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  2. Partially ordered set - Wikipedia

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    A partially ordered set (poset for short) is an ordered pair = (,) consisting of a set (called the ground set of ) and a partial order on . When the meaning is clear from context and there is no ambiguity about the partial order, the set X {\displaystyle X} itself is sometimes called a poset.

  3. Glossary of order theory - Wikipedia

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    Algebraic poset. A poset is algebraic if it has a base of compact elements. Antichain. An antichain is a poset in which no two elements are comparable, i.e., there are no two distinct elements x and y such that x ≤ y. In other words, the order relation of an antichain is just the identity relation. Approximates relation. See way-below relation.

  4. Graded poset - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes a graded poset is called a ranked poset but that phrase has other meanings; see Ranked poset. A rank or rank level of a graded poset is the subset of all the elements of the poset that have a given rank value. [1] [2] Graded posets play an important role in combinatorics and can be visualized by means of a Hasse diagram.

  5. Ranked poset - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a ranked poset is a partially ordered set in which one of the following (non-equivalent) conditions hold: it is a graded poset, or; a poset with the property that for every element x, all maximal chains among those with x as greatest element have the same finite length, or; a poset in which all maximal chains have the same ...

  6. Ideal (order theory) - Wikipedia

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    For example, the ideal completion of a given partial order P is the set of all ideals of P ordered by subset inclusion. This construction yields the free dcpo generated by P . An ideal is principal if and only if it is compact in the ideal completion, so the original poset can be recovered as the sub-poset consisting of compact elements.

  7. Differential poset - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a differential poset is a partially ordered set (or poset for short) satisfying certain local properties. (The formal definition is given below.) This family of posets was introduced by Stanley (1988) as a generalization of Young's lattice (the poset of integer partitions ordered by inclusion), many of whose combinatorial properties are shared by all differential posets.

  8. Deviation of a poset - Wikipedia

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    The poset of positive integers has deviation 0: every descending chain is finite, so the defining condition for deviation is vacuously true. However, its opposite poset has deviation 1. Let k be an algebraically closed field and consider the poset of ideals of the polynomial ring k[x] in one variable. Since the deviation of this poset is the ...

  9. Greatest element and least element - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, especially in order theory, the greatest element of a subset of a partially ordered set (poset) is an element of that is greater than every other element of . The term least element is defined dually , that is, it is an element of S {\displaystyle S} that is smaller than every other element of S . {\displaystyle S.}