Category:Definitions/Suprema

This category contains definitions related to Suprema.
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Let $\struct {S, \preccurlyeq}$ be an ordered set.

Let $T \subseteq S$.

An element $c \in S$ is the supremum of $T$ in $S$ if and only if:

$(1): \quad c$ is an upper bound of $T$ in $S$

$(2): \quad c \preccurlyeq d$ for all upper bounds $d$ of $T$ in $S$.