Chains
A chain is a poset C = (C, ≤ ) such that
≤ is a total order: x ≤ y or y ≤ x.
Remark:
Let C and D be chains. A morphism from C to D is a function h : C→D that is a orderpreserving: x ≤ y ⇒ h(x) ≤ h(y).
| Classtype | Universal |
| Quasiequational theory | |
| First-order theory | |
| Amalgamation property | |
| Strong amalgamation property | |
| Epimorphisms are surjective |