Partially ordered group

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In abstract algebra, a partially ordered group is a group (G, +) equipped with a partial order "≤" that is translation-invariant; in other words, "≤" has the property that, for all a, b, and g in G, if a ≤ b then a + g ≤ b + g and g + a ≤ g + b.

An element x of G is called positive if 0 ≤ x. The set of elements 0 ≤ x is often denoted with G+, and is called the positive cone of G.

By translation invariance, we have a ≤ b if and only if 0 ≤ -a + b. So we can reduce the partial order to a monadic property: a ≤ b if and only if -a + b ∈ G+.

For the general group G, the existence of a positive cone specifies an order on G. A group G is a partially orderable group if and only if there exists a subset H (which is G+) of G such that:

  • 0 ∈ H
  • if a ∈ H and b ∈ H then a + b ∈ H
  • if a ∈ H then -x + a + x ∈ H for each x of G
  • if a ∈ H and -a ∈ H then a = 0

A partially ordered group G with positive cone G+ is said to be unperforated if n · g ∈ G+ for some positive integer n implies g ∈ G+. Being unperforated means there is no "gap" in the positive cone G+.

If the order on the group is a linear order, then it is said to be a linearly ordered group. If the order on the group is a lattice order, i.e. any two elements have a least upper bound, then it is a lattice-ordered group (shortly l-group, though usually typeset with a script l: ℓ-group).

A Riesz group is an unperforated partially ordered group with a property slightly weaker than being a lattice-ordered group. Namely, a Riesz group satisfies the Riesz interpolation property: if x1, x2, y1, y2 are elements of G and xi ≤ yj, then there exists z ∈ G such that xi ≤ z ≤ yj.

If G and H are two partially ordered groups, a map from G to H is a morphism of partially ordered groups if it is both a group homomorphism and a monotonic function. The partially ordered groups, together with this notion of morphism, form a category.

Partially ordered groups are used in the definition of valuations of fields.

Examples[]

  • The integers with their usual order
  • An ordered vector space is a partially ordered group
  • A Riesz space is a lattice-ordered group
  • A typical example of a partially ordered group is Zn, where the group operation is componentwise addition, and we write (a1,...,an) ≤ (b1,...,bn) if and only if ai ≤ bi (in the usual order of integers) for all i = 1,..., n.
  • More generally, if G is a partially ordered group and X is some set, then the set of all functions from X to G is again a partially ordered group: all operations are performed componentwise. Furthermore, every subgroup of G is a partially ordered group: it inherits the order from G.
  • If A is an approximately finite-dimensional C*-algebra, or more generally, if A is a stably finite unital C*-algebra, then K0(A) is a partially ordered abelian group. (Elliott, 1976)

See also[]

  • Cyclically ordered group – group with a cyclic order respected by the group operation
  • Integrally closed ordered group – Mathematics
  • Linearly ordered group – group with translationally invariant total order; i.e. if a ≤ b, then ca ≤ cb
  • Ordered field
  • Ordered ring
  • Ordered topological vector space
  • Ordered vector space – Vector space with a partial order
  • Partially ordered ring – Ring with a compatible partial order
  • Partially ordered space – Partially ordered topological space

References[]

  • M. Anderson and T. Feil, Lattice Ordered Groups: an Introduction, D. Reidel, 1988.
  • M. R. Darnel, The Theory of Lattice-Ordered Groups, Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics 187, Marcel Dekker, 1995.
  • L. Fuchs, Partially Ordered Algebraic Systems, Pergamon Press, 1963.
  • A. M. W. Glass, Ordered Permutation Groups, London Math. Soc. Lecture Notes Series 55, Cambridge U. Press, 1981.
  • V. M. Kopytov and A. I. Kokorin (trans. by D. Louvish), Fully Ordered Groups, Halsted Press (John Wiley & Sons), 1974.
  • V. M. Kopytov and N. Ya. Medvedev, Right-ordered groups, Siberian School of Algebra and Logic, Consultants Bureau, 1996.
  • V. M. Kopytov and N. Ya. Medvedev, The Theory of Lattice-Ordered Groups, Mathematics and its Applications 307, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994.
  • R. B. Mura and A. Rhemtulla, Orderable groups, Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics 27, Marcel Dekker, 1977.
  • T.S. Blyth, Lattices and Ordered Algebraic Structures, Springer, 2005, ISBN 1-85233-905-5, chap. 9.
  • G.A. Elliott, On the classification of inductive limits of sequences of semisimple finite-dimensional algebras, J. Algebra, 38 (1976)29-44.

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