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Formulation F9288 on D1896: Upper enclosure
F9288
Formulation 1
Let $P = (X, {\preceq})$ be a D1103: Partially ordered set.
The upper enclosure of $E \subseteq X$ in $P$ is the D11: Set \begin{equation} {\uparrow} E : = \{ x \in X : (\exists \, e \in E) e \preceq x \} \end{equation}