ThmDex – An index of mathematical definitions, results, and conjectures.
▼ Set of symbols
▼ Alphabet
▼ Deduction system
▼ Theory
▼ Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory
▼ Set
▼ Binary cartesian set product
▼ Binary relation
▼ Binary endorelation
▼ Preordering relation
▼ Partial ordering relation
▼ Partially ordered set
▼ Maximal element
Definition D668
Maximum element
Formulation 0
Let $P = (X, {\preceq})$ be a D1103: Partially ordered set such that
(i) $X \neq \emptyset$
A D2218: Set element $m \in X$ is a maximum element in $P$ if and only if \begin{equation} \forall \, x \in X : (x, m) \in {\preceq} \end{equation}
Formulation 1
Let $P = (X, {\preceq})$ be a D1103: Partially ordered set such that
(i) $X \neq \emptyset$
A D2218: Set element $m \in X$ is a maximum element in $P$ if and only if \begin{equation} \forall \, x \in X : x \preceq m \end{equation}
Formulation 2
Let $P = (X, {\preceq})$ be a D1103: Partially ordered set such that
(i) $X \neq \emptyset$
A D2218: Set element $m \in X$ is a maximum element in $P$ if and only if \begin{equation} X \preceq m \end{equation}
Also known as
Greatest element, Orderwise one, Top element
Children
▶ D1822: Map maximum
▶ D296: Set upper bound
Results
▶ R1077: Maximum element is unique