Maximal chains and cutsets of an ordered
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J. -M. Brochet; M. Pouzet
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Article
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1988
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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We prove the following results which are related to Menger's theorem for (infinite) ordered sets. (i) If the space of maximal chains of an ordered set is compact, then the maximum number of pairwise disjoint maximal chains is finite and is equal to the minimum size of a cutset, (i.e. a set which mee