# Category:Rays (Order Theory)

This category contains results about rays in the context of Order Theory.
Definitions specific to this category can be found in Definitions/Rays (Order Theory).

Let $\struct {S, \preccurlyeq}$ be a totally ordered set.

Let $\prec$ be the reflexive reduction of $\preccurlyeq$.

Let $a \in S$ be any point in $S$.

### Open Ray

The following sets are called open rays or open half-lines:

$\left\{{x \in S: a \prec x}\right\}$ (the strict upper closure of $a$), denoted $a^\succ$
$\left\{{x \in S: x \prec a}\right\}$ (the strict lower closure of $a$), denoted $a^\prec$.

### Closed Ray

The following sets are called closed rays or closed half-lines:

$\left\{{x \in S: a \preccurlyeq x}\right\}$ (the upper closure of $a$), denoted $a^\succcurlyeq$
$\left\{{x \in S: x \preccurlyeq a}\right\}$ (the lower closure of $a$), denoted $a^\preccurlyeq$.

### Upward-Pointing Ray

An upward-pointing ray is a ray which is bounded below:

an open ray $a^\succ:= \left\{{x \in S: a \prec x}\right\}$
a closed ray $a^\succcurlyeq: \left\{{x \in S: a \preccurlyeq x}\right\}$

### Downward-Pointing Ray

A downward-pointing ray is a ray which is bounded above:

an open ray $a^\prec := \left\{{x \in S: x \prec a}\right\}$
a closed ray $a^\preccurlyeq : \left\{{x \in S: x \preccurlyeq a}\right\}$

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