In the theory of partially ordered sets, a pseudoideal is a subset characterized by a bounding operator LU.

Basic definitions

LU(A) is the set of all lower bounds of the set of all upper bounds of the subset A of a partially ordered set.

A subset I of a partially ordered set (P, ≤) is a Doyle pseudoideal, if the following condition holds:

For every finite subset S of P that has a supremum in P, if ${\displaystyle S\subseteq I}$ then ${\displaystyle \operatorname {LU} (S)\subseteq I}$.

A subset I of a partially ordered set (P, ≤) is a pseudoideal, if the following condition holds:

For every subset S of P having at most two elements that has a supremum in P, if S ${\displaystyle \subseteq }$ I then LU(S) ${\displaystyle \subseteq }$ I.

Remarks

1. Every Frink ideal I is a Doyle pseudoideal.
2. A subset I of a lattice (P, ≤) is a Doyle pseudoideal if and only if it is a lower set that is closed under finite joins (suprema).

Related notions

• Frink ideal

References

• Abian, A., Amin, W. A. (1990) "Existence of prime ideals and ultrafilters in partially ordered sets", Czechoslovak Math. J., 40: 159–163.
• Doyle, W.(1950) "An arithmetical theorem for partially ordered sets", Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, 56: 366.
• Niederle, J. (2006) "Ideals in ordered sets", Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo 55: 287–295.