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. ) R- F6 @/ ]7 M- Z8 s . v7 D& I3 X N5 G* sAn 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 c1 Q- O/ K, Q* o0 }; G+ Z3 u 7 p7 f5 {& a" | g" QBy the definition, we can reduce the partial order to a monadic property: a ≤ b if and only if 0 ≤ -a+b. 6 R7 e# n1 M+ R/ k * R& O- c' e+ [; U' ~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:6 C1 B$ q9 o' H9 q8 x$ n
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if a ∈ H and b ∈ H then a+b ∈ H . w6 c4 q+ }& M
if a ∈ H then -x+a+x ∈ H for each x of G * c& R: c4 Q0 [' k9 b* x0 Z8 y: T
if a ∈ H and -a ∈ H then a=0 . W! m- X6 B# v) x% x7 c7 a
Examples % |! u+ W" _' x6 q, ]: ^An ordered vector space is a partially ordered group 9 O" {( M/ U4 j- N' P" V5 F
A Riesz space is a lattice-ordered group 7 e4 H$ \" h0 R' V6 V$ q' YA 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. ! W7 @) B1 M5 h; g( K
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 D! p$ t7 {8 X, i
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