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.7 r1 ~( m3 K [7 e/ K2 _- T
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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+. 3 R) g- n- S' g, U: U' W. w i ) ~1 i; ~% V9 I; d# HBy the definition, we can reduce the partial order to a monadic property: a ≤ b if and only if 0 ≤ -a+b. , _2 J$ P( n* p9 I. P# @7 ]; U7 l4 z5 {1 r ?5 u/ 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:8 E, _( Z4 f# }; v3 A
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An ordered vector space is a partially ordered group & K2 c0 Z$ U% b. X( LA Riesz space is a lattice-ordered group ( U8 B+ e" {6 S( {: O _' C" mA 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. % l8 [6 J) h' A" T& p
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. 7 \; k& x: D+ m# z2 s+ d0 {序线性空间是有序群4 s M# \3 `6 X
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