307: Well-Ordered Set

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A definition of well-ordered set

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Topics

About: set

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The table of contents of this article

• Starting Context
• Target Context
• Orientation
• Main Body
• 1: Definition

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Starting Context

• The reader knows a definition of linearly-ordered set.

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Target Context

• The reader will have a definition of well-ordered set.

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Orientation

There is a list of definitions discussed so far in this site.

There is a list of propositions discussed so far in this site.

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Main Body

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1: Definition

Any linearly-ordered set, \(\langle S, R \rangle\), such that any nonempty subset of \(S\) has the smallest element

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References

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