SLIDE 1
Monotone functions Let (D, ⊑) and (D′, ⊑′) be ccpo’s and con- sider a (total) function f : D → D′ Then f is monotone if whenever d1 ⊑ d2 also f d1 ⊑′ f d2 Examples f1, f2 : P({a,b,c}) → P({d,e}) X f1 X f2 X {a,b,c} {d,e} {d} {a,b} {d} {d} {a,c} {d,e} {d} {b,c} {d,e} {e} {a} {d} {d} {b} {d} {e} {c} {e} {e} ∅ ∅ {e}
XIV.1
Monotone functions on CCPO’s Lemma 4.30 Let (D, ⊑) and (D′, ⊑′) be ccpo’s and let f : D → D′ be a monotone function. If Y is a chain in D then {f d | d ∈ Y } is a chain in D′. Furthermore,
′{f d | d ∈ Y } ⊑′ f( Y )
Proof of Lemma 4.30 If Y = ∅ then the result follows from ⊥′ ⊑′ f ⊥. If Y = ∅ then there are two stages:
- {f d | d ∈ Y } is a chain in D′
- ′{f d | d ∈ Y } ⊑′ f(