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. . M! Q, L. a4 O, n, k8 ~& V$ o6 O* V' H O! o4 `" V
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+. 7 p( ~9 s% k3 F" Y2 r/ Y3 r * A; B& t3 T9 p( i9 BBy the definition, we can reduce the partial order to a monadic property: a ≤ b if and only if 0 ≤ -a+b. . I( O {& k- [! w4 W2 y* C9 ?, f- g$ b; C2 w
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: ! y3 g( T& u$ P2 K 7 u% A) K! {( ]; E3 U- i% J0 ∈ H ; q; a9 Y u1 C! D7 P$ k* w- yif a ∈ H and b ∈ H then a+b ∈ H c8 o* m) l8 N& \if a ∈ H then -x+a+x ∈ H for each x of G # q }5 L! C6 k' B9 S5 A# H
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An ordered vector space is a partially ordered group ( X3 @- c M! G( R& C, ~* g& |9 n7 @A Riesz space is a lattice-ordered group ! Y r- D. s. O% }* [. z
A 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. ( J4 P( w9 P) U* l
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. 6 t' R7 P2 n2 F( j+ Z
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