On chains and posets within the power set of a continuum

Transfinite induction is employed to construct a copy of an arbitrary partially-ordered set of cardinality at most c within the power set (quasi-ordered by sub-chain embeddability) of the real line.

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Main Authors: P. T. Matthews, T. B. M. McMaster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1995-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S016117129500038X
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spelling doaj-6db6f8bd29a34af281d0ada042a6aeb32020-11-24T22:38:58ZengHindawi LimitedInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences0161-17121687-04251995-01-0118230530910.1155/S016117129500038XOn chains and posets within the power set of a continuumP. T. Matthews0T. B. M. McMaster1Pure Mathematics Department, Queen's University, Belfast BT7 1NN, IrelandPure Mathematics Department, Queen's University, Belfast BT7 1NN, IrelandTransfinite induction is employed to construct a copy of an arbitrary partially-ordered set of cardinality at most c within the power set (quasi-ordered by sub-chain embeddability) of the real line.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S016117129500038Xpartially-ordered setsub-chain embeddabilityreal line.
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author P. T. Matthews
T. B. M. McMaster
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T. B. M. McMaster
On chains and posets within the power set of a continuum
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
partially-ordered set
sub-chain embeddability
real line.
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T. B. M. McMaster
author_sort P. T. Matthews
title On chains and posets within the power set of a continuum
title_short On chains and posets within the power set of a continuum
title_full On chains and posets within the power set of a continuum
title_fullStr On chains and posets within the power set of a continuum
title_full_unstemmed On chains and posets within the power set of a continuum
title_sort on chains and posets within the power set of a continuum
publisher Hindawi Limited
series International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
issn 0161-1712
1687-0425
publishDate 1995-01-01
description Transfinite induction is employed to construct a copy of an arbitrary partially-ordered set of cardinality at most c within the power set (quasi-ordered by sub-chain embeddability) of the real line.
topic partially-ordered set
sub-chain embeddability
real line.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S016117129500038X
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