ordered group


Definition 1.  We say that the subsemigroup S of the group G (with the operationMathworldPlanetmath denoted multiplicatively) defines an G, if

  • a-1SaSaG,

  • G=S{1}S-1   where  S-1={s-1:sS}  and the members of the union are pairwise disjoint.

The order “<” of the group G is explicitly given by setting in G:

a<bab-1S

Then we speak of the ordered group(G,<),  or simply G.

Theorem 1.

The order “<” defined by the subsemigroup S of the group G has the following properties.

  1. 1.

    For all  a,bG, exactly one of the conditions   a<b,a=b,b<a   holds.

  2. 2.

    a<bb<ca<c

  3. 3.

    a<bac<bcca<cb

  4. 4.

    a<bc<dac<bd

  5. 5.

    a<bb-1<a-1

  6. 6.

    a<1aS

Definition 2.  The set G is an ordered group equipped with zero 0, if the set G* of its elements distinct from its element 0 forms an ordered group  (G*,<)  and if

  • 0a=a0=0aG,

  • 0<aaG*.

References

  • 1 Emil Artin: Theory of Algebraic NumbersMathworldPlanetmath.  Lecture notes.  Mathematisches Institut, Göttingen (1959).
  • 2 Paul Jaffard: Les systèmes d’idéaux.  Dunod, Paris (1960).
Title ordered group
Canonical name OrderedGroup
Date of creation 2013-03-22 14:54:36
Last modified on 2013-03-22 14:54:36
Owner pahio (2872)
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Numerical id 16
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Entry type Definition
Classification msc 06A05
Classification msc 20F60
Related topic KrullValuation
Related topic PartiallyOrderedGroup
Related topic PraeclarumTheorema
Defines ordered group equipped with zero