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Hierarchy (mathematics)

In mathematics, a hierarchy is a set-theoretical object, consisting of a preorder defined on a set. This is often referred to as an ordered set, though that is an ambiguous term, which many authors reserve for partially ordered sets or totally ordered sets. The term ''pre-ordered set'' is unambiguous, and is always synonymous with a mathematical hierarchy. The term ''hierarchy'' is used to stress a ''hierarchical'' relation among the elements.
Sometimes, a set comes equipped with a natural hierarchical structure. For example, the set of natural numbers ''N'' is equipped with a natural pre-order structure, where n \le n' whenever we can find some other number m so that n + m = n'. That is, n' is bigger than n only because we can get to n' from n ''using'' m. This is true for any commutative monoid. On the other hand, the set of integers ''Z'' requires a more sophisticated argument for its hierarchical structure, since we can always solve the equation n + m = n' by writing m = (n'-n).
A mathematical hierarchy (a pre-ordered set) should not be confused with the more general concept of a hierarchy in the social realm, particularly when one is constructing computational models which are used to describe real-world social, economic or political systems. These hierarchies, or complex networks, are much too rich to be described in the category (Set ) of sets.〔We may need a bigger topos.〕 This is not just a pedantic claim; there are also mathematical hierarchies which are not describable using set theory.
Another natural hierarchy arises in computer science, where the word refers to partially ordered sets whose elements are classes of objects of increasing complexity. In that case, the preorder defining the hierarchy is the class-containment relation. Containment hierarchies are thus special cases of hierarchies.
==Related terminology==
Individual elements of a hierarchy are often called levels and a hierarchy is said to be infinite if it has infinitely many distinct levels but said to collapse if it has only finitely many distinct levels.

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