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join (Definition)

Certain posets $X$ have a binary operation join denoted by $\lor$ such that $x \lor y$ is the least upper bound of $x$ and $y$ Such posets are called join-semilattices, or $\lor$ semilattices, or upper semilattices.

If $j$ and $j'$ are both joins of $x$ and $y$ then $j \leq j'$ and $j' \leq j$ and so $j = j'$ thus a join, if it exists, is unique. The join is also known as the or operator.




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See Also: meet, semilattice

Other names:  or operator
Also defines:  join-semilattice, join semilattice, upper semilattice
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Cross-references: least upper bound, binary operation, posets
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This is version 8 of join, born on 2002-02-24, modified 2005-02-26.
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AMS MSC06A12 (Order, lattices, ordered algebraic structures :: Ordered sets :: Semilattices)

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