Mathematical logic and foundations Ordinals and cardinals Concept
Well-founded relation
Summary
A relation is well-founded when each nonempty subset has a minimal element for it. Then there is no infinite descending chain.
Where this leads
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Further reading
- Web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-founded_relation, lead section
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| Tag | 0DQPNJNPYK |
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| URI | m2://0DQPNJNPYK |
| Aliases | well-foundedness |
| Kind | concept |
| Writing | W1 stated |
| MSC | 03E20 |
| Specializes | Binary relation |
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What this page needs for W2
- edge instance_of in: at least two examples (0 of 2)
- edge not_instance_of in: at least one non-example (0 of 1)
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