In abstract algebra, a partially ordered group is a group (G,+) equipped with a partial order "≤" that is translation-invariant; in other words, "≤" has the property that, for all a, b, and g in G, if a ≤ b then a+g ≤ b+g and g+a ≤ g+b. ) E" r \0 H9 r, B" V 0 g# @6 N& D3 {2 _An element x of G is called positive element if 0 ≤ x. The set of elements 0 ≤ x is often denoted with G+, and it is called the positive cone of G. So we have a ≤ b if and only if -a+b ∈ G+. ) _9 ^; W8 P+ V/ j# n2 r( e6 I5 X/ ?6 G/ m& o k
By the definition, we can reduce the partial order to a monadic property: a ≤ b if and only if 0 ≤ -a+b. 6 P" e5 ]) I+ |! V6 C' v$ i+ m4 W- f% R
For the general group G, the existence of a positive cone specifies an order on G. A group G is a partially ordered group if and only if there exists a subset H (which is G+) of G such that:( q6 M6 o8 Y& c) K2 A
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if a ∈ H and b ∈ H then a+b ∈ H & O. Z2 X$ s% K Fif a ∈ H then -x+a+x ∈ H for each x of G # b/ p# ~. V0 O% S" qif a ∈ H and -a ∈ H then a=0 0 Q6 g/ G6 c7 [* I* j0 Q( l! J0 X- @
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An ordered vector space is a partially ordered group 3 {* P# v' c! D4 W( p. q
A Riesz space is a lattice-ordered group 4 R% R7 o2 [2 D; ` e; l. l& s- eA typical example of a partially ordered group is Zn, where the group operation is componentwise addition, and we write (a1,...,an) ≤ (b1,...,bn) if and only if ai ≤ bi (in the usual order of integers) for all i=1,...,n. 8 q5 {; F/ `! ^8 }7 w
More generally, if G is a partially ordered group and X is some set, then the set of all functions from X to G is again a partially ordered group: all operations are performed componentwise. Furthermore, every subgroup of G is a partially ordered group: it inherits the order from G. 0 T R$ j z: q+ I! |# j6 Z7 A序线性空间是有序群 $ ]# U; O: B4 x! I 6 ]+ l! r( K$ l# ~# }9 PZ/R/R*都是有序交换群