Tolerances induced by irredundant coverings.

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Abstract: In this paper, we consider tolerances induced by irredundant coverings. Each tolerance R on U determines a quasiorder lesssimR by setting xlesssimRy if and only if R(x)subseteqR(y). We prove that for a tolerance R induced by a covering mathcalH of U, the covering mathcalH is irredundant if and only if the quasiordered set (U,lesssimR) is bounded by minimal elements and the tolerance R coincides with the product gtrsimRcirclesssimR. We also show that in such a case misminimalin(U,lesssim_R), and for each minimal m, we have R(m)=uparrowm. Additionally, this irredundant covering mathcalH inducing R consists of some blocks of the tolerance R. We give necessary and sufficient conditions under which mathcalH and the set of R-blocks coincide. These results are established by applying the notion of Helly numbers of quasiordered sets.









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