Section commençanteEn mathématiques, et plus précisément en théorie des ordres, une section commençante (également appelée segment initial ou sous-ensemble fermé inférieurement) d'un ensemble ordonné (X,≤) est un sous-ensemble S de X tel que si x est dans S et si y ≤ x, alors y est dans S. Dualement, on appelle section finissante (ou sous-ensemble fermé supérieurement) un sous-ensemble F tel que si x est dans F et si x ≤ y, alors y est dans F.
Discrete valuationIn mathematics, a discrete valuation is an integer valuation on a field K; that is, a function: satisfying the conditions: for all . Note that often the trivial valuation which takes on only the values is explicitly excluded. A field with a non-trivial discrete valuation is called a discrete valuation field. To every field with discrete valuation we can associate the subring of , which is a discrete valuation ring. Conversely, the valuation on a discrete valuation ring can be extended in a unique way to a discrete valuation on the quotient field ; the associated discrete valuation ring is just .
Espace vectoriel ordonnéEn mathématiques, un espace vectoriel ordonné (ou espace vectoriel partiellement ordonné) est un espace vectoriel sur muni d'une relation d'ordre compatible avec sa structure. Il est dit totalement ordonné si l'ordre associé est un ordre total. Soit E un espace vectoriel sur le corps des réels et un préordre sur .
Graded posetIn mathematics, in the branch of combinatorics, a graded poset is a partially-ordered set (poset) P equipped with a rank function ρ from P to the set N of all natural numbers. ρ must satisfy the following two properties: The rank function is compatible with the ordering, meaning that for all x and y in the order, if x < y then ρ(x) < ρ(y), and The rank is consistent with the covering relation of the ordering, meaning that for all x and y, if y covers x then ρ(y) = ρ(x) + 1.
Rank of a partitionIn mathematics, particularly in the fields of number theory and combinatorics, the rank of a partition of a positive integer is a certain integer associated with the partition. In fact at least two different definitions of rank appear in the literature. The first definition, with which most of this article is concerned, is that the rank of a partition is the number obtained by subtracting the number of parts in the partition from the largest part in the partition.
Distributive latticeIn mathematics, a distributive lattice is a lattice in which the operations of join and meet distribute over each other. The prototypical examples of such structures are collections of sets for which the lattice operations can be given by set union and intersection. Indeed, these lattices of sets describe the scenery completely: every distributive lattice is—up to isomorphism—given as such a lattice of sets. As in the case of arbitrary lattices, one can choose to consider a distributive lattice L either as a structure of order theory or of universal algebra.
Domaine booléenEn mathématiques et en algèbre abstraite, un domaine booléen est un ensemble composé d'exactement deux éléments qui comprennent les informations vrai et faux. En logique, les mathématiques et l'informatique théorique, un domaine booléen est généralement écrit par {0, 1}, {faux, vrai}, {F, V}, {⊥, ⊤} ou . La structure algébrique qui se forme naturellement sur un domaine booléen, est l'algèbre de Boole à deux éléments. L'objet initial dans la catégorie des treillis est un domaine booléen.
Conjecture de PoincaréLa conjecture de Poincaré est une conjecture mathématique du domaine de la topologie algébrique portant sur la caractérisation d'une variété particulière, la sphère de dimension trois ; elle fut démontrée en 2003 par le Russe Grigori Perelman. On peut ainsi également l'appeler théorème de Perelman. Elle faisait jusqu'alors partie des problèmes de Smale et des sept « problèmes du prix du millénaire » recensés et mis à prix en 2000 par l'Institut de mathématiques Clay.
Partition typeThe partition type (or partition ID) in a partition's entry in the partition table inside a master boot record (MBR) is a byte value intended to specify the the partition contains or to flag special access methods used to access these partitions (e.g. special CHS mappings, LBA access, logical mapped geometries, special driver access, hidden partitions, secured or encrypted file systems, etc.). Lists of assigned partition types to be used in the partition table in the MBR were originally maintained by IBM and Microsoft internally.
Fence (mathematics)In mathematics, a fence, also called a zigzag poset, is a partially ordered set (poset) in which the order relations form a path with alternating orientations: or A fence may be finite, or it may be formed by an infinite alternating sequence extending in both directions. The incidence posets of path graphs form examples of fences. A linear extension of a fence is called an alternating permutation; André's problem of counting the number of different linear extensions has been studied since the 19th century.
