diff --git a/content/posts/eidma.mmark b/content/posts/eidma.mmark index d942b55..d80aaae 100644 --- a/content/posts/eidma.mmark +++ b/content/posts/eidma.mmark @@ -137,3 +137,31 @@ markup = "mmark" - $$(\forall x \in \mathbb X) (\exists j \in \mathbb I) [x] = A_j$$ - The quotient set: $$\mathbb X / R = \{ [a] : a \in \mathbb X \}$$ + +## Posets + +- Partial orders + - $$\mathbb X$$ is a set, $$R \subseteq \mathbb X \times \mathbb X$$ + - Def: $$R$$ is a partial order on $$\mathbb X$$ iff $$R$$ is: + - Reflexive + - Antisymmetric + - Transitive + + - Def: $$m \in \mathbb X$$ is said to be: + - maximal element in $$(\mathbb X, \preccurlyeq)$$ iff $$(\forall a \in \mathbb X) m \preccurlyeq a \implies m = a$$ + - largest iff $$(\forall a \in \mathbb X) (a \preccurlyeq m)$$ + - minimal iff $$(\forall a \in \mathbb X) (a \preccurlyeq m \implies a = m)$$ + - smallest iff $$(\forall a \in \mathbb X) (m \preccurlyeq a)$$ + + - Def: A partial order $$R$$ on $$\mathbb X$$ is said to be *"total"* iff $$(\forall x, y \in \mathbb X) (x R y \lor y R x)$$ + - Def: A subset $$B$$ of $$\mathbb X$$ is called a chain *"chain"* iff $$B$$ is totally ordered by $$R$$ + - $$C(\mathbb X)$$ - the set of all chains in $$(\mathbb X, R)$$ + - A chain $$D$$ in $$(\mathbb X, R)$$ is called a maximal chain iff $$D$$ is a maximal element in $$(C(\mathbb X), R)$$ + - $$K \subseteq \mathbb X$$ is called an antichain in $$(\mathbb X, R)$$ iff $$(\forall p, q \in K) (p R q \lor q R p \implies p = q)$$ + - Def: $$R$$ is a partial order on $$\mathbb X$$, $$R$$ is called a *well* order iff $$R$$ is a total order on $$X$$ and every nonempty subset $$A$$ of $$\mathbb X$$ has the smallest element + +## Induction +- If $$\phi$$ is a propositional function defined on $$\mathbb N$$, if: + - $$\phi(1)$$ + - $$(\forall n \geq 1) (\phi(n) \implies \phi(n+1)$$ + - $$(\forall k \geq 1) \phi(k)$$