Lower Section with no Greatest Element is Open in GO-Space

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Theorem

Let $\struct {S, \preceq, \tau}$ be a generalized ordered space.

Let $L$ be a lower section in $S$ with no greatest element.


Then $L$ is open in $\struct {S, \preceq, \tau}$.


Proof

By Maximal Element in Toset is Unique and Greatest, $L$ has no maximal element.

By Lower Section with no Maximal Element:

$\ds L = \bigcup \set {l^\prec: l \in L}$

where $l^\prec$ is the strict lower closure of $l$.

By Open Ray is Open in GO-Space and the fact that a union of open sets is open, $L$ is open.

$\blacksquare$


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