User:IssaRice/Partial order summary table
Let be a partially ordered set, and let be a subset of .
| Term | Definition | Must be in set ? |
|---|---|---|
| Upper bound | such that for all | No |
| Maximal element | such that there exists no for which | Yes |
| Maximum element | such that for every (i.e. an upper bound which happens to be in the set) | Yes |
| Supremum | No | |
| Least upper bound | No |