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Exercise 8.6.4
Show that this defines an ordering on by verifying properties (o1), (o2), and (o3) from Definition 8.6.5.
Answers
To prove property (o1), assume . By definition, this means there is some with . From Exercise 8.6.2 this means , . Then by property (c2) ; hence .
(o2) is a direct result of the definition of set equality, and (o3) is true because of transivity of the set inclusion relationship.