Definition:Maximal Element/Definition 1

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Definition

Let $\struct {S, \RR}$ be a relational structure.

Let $T \subseteq S$ be a subset of $S$.


An element $x \in T$ is a maximal element (under $\RR$) of $T$ if and only if:

$x \mathrel \RR y \implies x = y$


Also defined as

Most treatments of the concept of a maximal element restrict the definition of the relation $\RR$ to the requirement that it be an ordering.

However, this is not strictly required, and this more general definition as used on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ is of far more use.


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