ThmDex – An index of mathematical definitions, results, and conjectures.
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▼ Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory
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▼ Preordering relation
▼ Partial ordering relation
▼ Partially ordered set
▼ Minimal element
▼ Minimum element
▼ Set lower bound
Definition D553
Set of lower bounds
Formulation 0
Let $P = (X, {\preceq})$ be a D1103: Partially ordered set.
The set of lower bounds of $E \subseteq X$ with respect to $P$ is the D11: Set \begin{equation} \mathsf{LB}_P(E) : = \{ m \in X \mid \forall \, x \in E : (m, x) \in {\preceq} \} \end{equation}
Formulation 1
Let $P = (X, {\preceq})$ be a D1103: Partially ordered set.
The set of lower bounds of $E \subseteq X$ with respect to $P$ is the D11: Set \begin{equation} \mathsf{LB}_P(E) : = \{ m \in X \mid \forall \, x \in E : m \preceq x \} \end{equation}
Children
▶ D301: Infimum element