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infimum

when it exists, the greatest element of a partially ordered set which is lower than or equal to all elements of a given subset
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infimum

Summary

infimum is a quality[1]. infimum has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • infimum's instance of is recorded as quality[3].
  • infimum is a type of lower bound[4].
  • infimum is part of infimum and supremum[5].
  • infimum's Commons category is recorded as Infimum and supremum[6].
  • infimum's said to be the same as is recorded as meet[7].
  • infimum is the opposite of supremum[8].
  • infimum's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-2:2019 Quantities and units — Part 2: Mathematics[9].
  • infimum's described by source is recorded as Oxford English Dictionary[10].
  • infimum's different from is recorded as minimum[11].
  • infimum's different from is recorded as lower bound[12].
  • infimum's different from is recorded as essential infimum[13].
  • infimum's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[14].
  • infimum's characteristic of is recorded as subset[15].

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Definition and Type

infimum's instance of is recorded as quality[3]. infimum is a type of lower bound[4]. infimum is the opposite of supremum[8].

Use and Application

infimum is part of infimum and supremum[5].

Why It Matters

infimum has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] infimum is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → quality
    Said to be the same as → meet
    Part of → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14540]]: [[Q215071]]"
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