# Definition:Supremum of Sequence

## Definition

A special case of a supremum of a mapping is a supremum of a sequence, where the domain of the mapping is $\N$.

Let $\left({T, \preceq}\right)$ be an ordered set.

Let $\left \langle {x_n} \right \rangle$ be a sequence in $T$.

Let $\left\{{x_n: n \in \N}\right\}$ admit a supremum.

Then the supremum of $\left \langle {x_n} \right \rangle$) is defined as:

$\displaystyle \sup \left({\left \langle {x_n} \right \rangle}\right) = \sup \left({\left\{{x_n: n \in \N}\right\}}\right)$

## Also known as

Particularly in the field of analysis, the supremum of a set $T$ is often referred to as the least upper bound of $T$ and denoted $\map {\operatorname {lub} } T$ or $\map {\operatorname {l.u.b.} } T$.

Some sources refer to the supremum of a set as the supremum on a set.

## Also defined as

Some sources refer to the supremum as being the upper bound.

Using this convention, any element greater than this is not considered to be an upper bound.

## Linguistic Note

The plural of supremum is suprema, although the (incorrect) form supremums can occasionally be found if you look hard enough.