Definition:Ultrafilter on Set/Definition 1

Definition
Let $S$ be a set.

Let $\FF \subseteq \powerset S$ be a filter on $S$.

Then $\FF$ is an ultrafilter (on $S$) :
 * there is no filter on $S$ which is strictly finer than $\FF$

or equivalently, :
 * whenever $\GG$ is a filter on $S$ and $\FF \subseteq \GG$ holds, then $\FF = \GG$.

Also see

 * Equivalence of Definitions of Ultrafilter on Set