Partial Order

🅟 Feb 22, 2026

  🅤 Feb 22, 2026

Set Theory > Orders

DEF-PO. Partial Order.

  • A partial order on $X$ is a binary relation on $X$ that is reflexive, transitive and antisymmetric (DEF-RP).

    (A partial order is namely an antisymmetric preorder.)

  • A strict partial order on $X$ is a binary relation on $X$ that is irrflexive, transitive and asymmetric.