Definition:Greatest

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Definition

Greatest Element of Ordered Set

Let $\struct {S, \preceq}$ be an ordered set.

An element $x \in S$ is the greatest element (of $S$) if and only if:

$\forall y \in S: y \preceq x$


That is, every element of $S$ precedes, or is equal to, $x$.

The Greatest Element is Unique, so calling it the greatest element is justified.


Thus for an element $x$ to be the greatest element, all $y \in S$ must be comparable to $x$.


Greatest Set

Let $S$ be a set.

Let $\powerset S$ be the power set of $S$.

Let $\TT \subseteq \powerset S$ be a subset of $\powerset S$.

Let $\struct {\TT, \subseteq}$ be the ordered set formed on $\TT$ by the subset relation.


Then $T \in \TT$ is the greatest set of $\TT$ if and only if $T$ is the greatest element of $\struct {\TT, \subseteq}$.


That is:

$\forall X \in \TT: X \subseteq T$


Mapping

Definition:Greatest/Mapping

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