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Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2023 Discrete mathematics, probability and continuous mathematics 1 b i Solution by
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For the product order, reflexivity follows from in every coordinate. If and , the antisymmetric relation axiom for the usual real order gives for every , hence . If , transitivity in each coordinate gives , hence . Thus this is a partial order.
For , the vectors and are incomparable: each has a coordinate larger than the corresponding coordinate of the other. It is not a total order for . The dimension qualification matters: for this is the usual total order on , so the printed non-totality claim needs the implicit assumption .
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