Principal mappings between posets (Q2260332)

\textit{R. P. Dilworth} [Pac. J. Math. 12, 481--498 (1962; Zbl 0111.04104)] introduced principal elements, the analogue of principal ideals, in a multiplicative lattice and successfully established Noether's decomposition theorems and Krull's principal ideal theorem for multiplicative lattices. In this paper, the authors introduce and study the principal mappings between posets which generalize the notion of principal elements in a multiplicative lattice, in particular, the principal ideals of a commutative ring. They also consider some weaker forms of principal mappings such as meet principal, join principal, weak meet principal, and weak join principal mappings which also generalize the corresponding notions on elements in a multiplicative lattice. Lastly, the authors pose some new problems on lattices and commutative rings regarding principal mappings.