Meanings
plural antichains
- error lua execgraph theoryA subset, A, of a partially ordered set, (P, ≤), such that no two elements of A are comparable with respect to ≤.
First of all, Zorn's Lemma implies that every uncountable antichain in T is contained in a maximal uncountable antichain. So it suffices to make sure that T has no maximal uncountable antichains.
1997, Winfried Just, Martin Weese, Discovering Modern Set Theory II: Set-Theoretic Tools for Every Mathematician, American Mathematical Society, page 1401 more example
2013, Vijay K. Garg, Maximal Antichain Lattice Algorithms for Distributed Computations, Proceedings, Davide Frey, Michel Raynal, Saswati Sarkar, Rudrapatna K. Shyamasundar, Prasun Sinha (editors), Distributed Computing and Networking: 14th International Conference, ICDCN, Springer, LNCS 7730, page 245, We first define three different but isomorphic lattices: the lattice of maximal antichain ideals, the lattice of maximal antichains and the lattice of strict ideals.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Proto-Italic*katesnā
- Latincatēna
- Old Frenchchaeine
- Middle Englishcheyne
- Englishchain
- Englishantichain
Translations
Finnish antiketju
- antiketjusubset of a partially ordered set
Italian anticatena
- anticatenasubset of a partially ordered set
Spanish anticadena
- anticadenasubset of a partially ordered set
Cite this entry
antichain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antichain
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