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Groups of order automorphisms of ordered sets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

P. M. Cohn
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The University, Manchester 13.
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Let S be an ordered set, i.e. a set with a transitive irreflexive binary relation “<” such that, for any a, bεS, either a = b or a < b or b < a. By an order automorphism of S we mean a one-one mapping α of S onto itself such that

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Copyright © University College London 1957

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