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Definition D4636
Set of chains
Formulation 0
Let $P = (X, {\preceq})$ be a D1103: Partially ordered set.
The set of chains in $P$ is the D11: Set \begin{equation} \{ C : C \text{ is a chain in } P \} \end{equation}