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Injective Hulls in POSV

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We determine the injective objects and hulls in the category POSV. This category is similar to the one of join semilattices but contains all partially ordered sets. The results of this paper have applications, for instance, in the theory of (generalized) ultrametric spaces.

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  1. Ulrich Heckmanns, Mathematisches Institut der Universität München, Theresienstr. 39, D-80333, München

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Heckmanns, U. Injective Hulls in POSV . Results. Math. 36, 260–270 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03322115

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