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Order Theory/The Grothendieck axioms

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AB3, AB3*, AB5 and AB5* are actually due to von Neumann, but Grothendieck's name stuck.

Definition (AB3):

A preordered class (S,≤) is said to satisfy the third Grothedieck axiom AB3 iff for all families (xα)α∈A indexed over a set A, a least upper bound ⋁α∈Axα exists.

Definition (AB3*):

A preordered class (S,≤) is said to satisfy the dual third Grothedieck axiom AB3* iff for all families (xα)α∈A indexed over a set A, a greatest lower bound ⋀α∈Axα exists.

Definition (AB5):

A class ℬ of preordered sets is said to satisfy the fifth Grothendieck axiom AB5 if and only if for all (S,≤)∈ℬ and all families of elements (xα)α∈A of elements of S and each element y∈S, we have

(⋁α∈Axα)∧y=⋁α∈A(xα∧y)

Definition (AB5*):

A class ℬ of preordered sets is said to satisfy the dual fifth Grothendieck axiom AB5* if and only if for all (S,≤)∈ℬ and all families of elements (xα)α∈A of elements of S and each element y∈S, we have

(⋀α∈Axα)∨y=⋀α∈A(xα∨y)

Definition (AB6):

A class ℬ of preordered sets is said to satisfy the sixth Grothendieck axiom AB6 if and only if for all (S,≤)∈ℬ