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  • noun set theory A partially ordered set.

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Abbreviation of partially ordered set.

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Examples

  • BYRNES: Well, I studied a class of two player games, called poset games.

    CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2002 2002

  • Conversely, an orthocomplemented poset is orthomodular iff

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  • Mackey presents a sequence of six axioms, framing a very conservative generalized probability theory, that underwrite the construction of a ˜logic™ of experimental propositions, or, in his terminology, ˜questions™, having the structure of a sigma-orthomodular poset.

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  • The outstanding problem, for Mackey, was to explain why this poset ought to be isomorphic to

    Puppet X: 1 2009

  • The lemma tells us that every orthocoherent orthoalgebra is, inter alia, an orthomodular poset.

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  • While readin your poset i had a dish in my mind but then there it was no Non Veg.

    Announcing an Event - Game Night Party Recipes 2008

  • Blank – de rien – mfi has taught me so much and his writing reminds me daily of the reality of what we fight and fight for – if you have not read his poset titled “why I fight”, look for it.

    Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: An Invitation to De-Lurk 2006

  • Latin School developed the first major theorem applying to all poset (two-player) games.

    USATODAY.com - Students define talent 2003

  • So I found the first major theorem that tied to all poset games, so I tied this family of unrelated games together into a unified field of math.

    CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2002 2002

  • In set theory, a tree is a partially ordered set (poset) (T,

    A Disclaimer for Behe? 2009

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