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- n; M9 f: I: y1 g: W, [) i
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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+.2 ]: j- y ~5 k) [! R; L2 I
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By the definition, we can reduce the partial order to a monadic property: a ≤ b if and only if 0 ≤ -a+b. / W! ?! I* C8 ]" ^. s8 b1 e& a; i, T2 k* j- p, o
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: 9 a0 U& }% X' }. f) M* A8 p, N 4 O6 L3 w0 W7 T2 M0 ∈ H ; Z9 D. Q+ w/ z2 v+ Z
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An ordered vector space is a partially ordered group 1 Z/ g" ^ W4 _# u1 T3 D' G
A Riesz space is a lattice-ordered group 7 s* G0 Q9 u- c6 q/ S" F# O$ ?
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. ) t) W1 l8 o* ~$ g
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. / @( a) o+ s1 K3 ^序线性空间是有序群 9 l5 K b& i: z' m, ~6 o J' m) b) E. v: y
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