meet


Certain posets X have a binary operationMathworldPlanetmath meet denoted by , such that xy is the greatest lower boundMathworldPlanetmath of x and y. Such posets are called meet-semilattices, or -semilattices, or lower semilattices.

If m and m are both meets of x and y, then mm and mm, and so m=m; thus a meet, if it exists, is unique. The meet is also known as the and operator.

Title meet
Canonical name Meet
Date of creation 2013-03-22 12:27:37
Last modified on 2013-03-22 12:27:37
Owner yark (2760)
Last modified by yark (2760)
Numerical id 10
Author yark (2760)
Entry type Definition
Classification msc 06A12
Synonym and operator
Related topic Join
Related topic Semilattice
Defines meet-semilattice
Defines meet semilattice
Defines lower semilattice