Definition:Atom of Lattice/Mistake

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Source Work

2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.):

atom


Mistake

An element $A$ of a *lattice such that if $B < A$ then $B = A$ (the null element).


Correction

This should say:

An element $A$ of a *lattice such that if $B < A$ then $B = 0$ (the null element).


This was correct in The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics, 2nd ed. of $1998$.


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