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closed under unions of chains

mathematics

Also known as: sets closed under unions of chains

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Zorn’s lemma

In Zorn’s lemma
…is said to be “closed under unions of chains” if whenever a chain C is included in S (i.e., C ⊆ S), then its union belongs to S (i.e., ∪ C_k ∊ S). A member of S is said to be maximal if it is not a subset of…
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