Sentence examples for least element from inspiring English sources

An ordered set is said to be well-ordered if every nonempty subset has a least element.

And if they want to talk about whatever is troubling them, there are plenty of well-trained ears at their disposal, but not the least element of compunction.

Caroline Lucas, leader of the Green Party and the UK's first Green MP, responded yes to all three questions but emphasised the 'at least' element of the 20% cuts by 2020.

The origin of the axiom of choice was Cantor's recognition of the importance of being able to "well-order" arbitrary sets i.e., to define an ordering relation for a given set such that each nonempty subset has a least element.

If there exists a greatest element of one set or a least element of the other set, then the cut defines a rational number; otherwise the cut defines an irrational number.

The number $0$ is the least element of $\mathbb{N}$, but $\mathbb{Z}$ has no least element.

Also new is the system – or at least elements of it.

At least elements to calculate the cost of the plant, for both reactors are given.

The signals of us moving to at least elements of this world are already evident, particularly in a UK context.

It could do enough damage that you would need to replace the boiler or at least elements of it.

Browsers speed up Web use by storing, or caching, recently viewed Web pages, or at least elements of them, on their user's hard drive.