Strict Partial Order

Strict Partial Order

Partial order that is antireflexive, antisymmetric and transitive.

Examples

  • The relationship “is less than”, whose symbol is “<“, is a strict partial order.

This diagram illustrates a strict partial order on the set {2, 3, 4, 5, 6}.

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  • The relationship “is greater than”, whose symbol is “>”, is a strict partial order.
  • The relationship “is a proper subset of”, whose symbol is “⊂”, is a strict partial order.

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