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Whereas the arithmetical properties of the set of reals R can be expressed in terms of addition and multiplication, the order theoretic, and thus the topological, properties are expressed in terms of the ordering relation ≤. The basic properties of this relation are as follows.
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Grätzer, G. (1978). First Concepts. In: General Lattice Theory. Mathematische Reihe Lehrbücher und Monographien aus dem Gebiete der Exakten Wissenschaften, vol 52. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7633-9_1
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