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principalOrderIdeal -- computes the elements below a given element in a poset

Synopsis

Description

The order ideal of a element of a poset is all the elements in the poset which are less than or equal to the given element.

i1 : P = booleanLattice 3;
i2 : principalOrderIdeal(P, "101")

o2 = {000, 001, 100, 101}

o2 : List

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Ways to use principalOrderIdeal :

For the programmer

The object principalOrderIdeal is a method function.