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Formulation F9289 on D1897: Lower enclosure
F9289
Formulation 0
Let $P = (X, {\preceq})$ be a D1103: Partially ordered set.
The lower enclosure of $E \subseteq X$ in $P$ is the D11: Set \begin{equation} {\downarrow} E : = \bigcup_{e \in E} \{ x \in X : x \preceq e \} \end{equation}