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Totally unordered subsets of a partially well ordered set

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Martin Ward
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
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Abstract

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An order on the collection of totally unordered subsets of a partially well ordered set is defined, shown to satisfy the descending chain condition but not to be necessarily a partial well order itself.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1970

References

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