antichain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A subset, A, of a partially ordered set, (P, ≤), such that no two elements of A are comparable with respect to ≤.

Word forms

antichain antichains

Etymology

From anti- + chain.

Derived words

maximal antichain
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