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greatest and least elements.
elements of partially ordered sets that are greater and smaller than each other element, respectively
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In mathematics, especially in order theory, the greatest element of a subset of a partially ordered set (poset) is an element of that is greater than every other element of . The term least element is defined dually, that is, it is an element of that is smaller than every other element of
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