A chain decomposition theorem (Q1109796)
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A chain decomposition theorem (English)
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1988
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The author proves that a poset (1) such that every point together with a finite set of elements incomparable with it form a cutset and (2) such that any bounded countable chain has sup and inf is the union of countably many chains. The proof uses the height of a poset of 2 element chains.
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finite cutset property
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Chain decomposition of posets
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sigma-chain complete poset
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