This book is intended to be a thorough introduction to the subject of order and lattices and can be used for a course at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level or for independent study. Prerequisites consist mostly of a bit of mathematical maturity, such as that provided by a basic undergraduate course in abstract algebra.
Basic Theory.- Partially Ordered Sets.- Well-Ordered Sets.- Lattices.- Modular and Distributive Lattices.- Boolean Algebras.- The Representation of Distributive Lattices.- Algebraic Lattices.- Prime and Maximal Ideals; Separation Theorems.- Congruence Relations on Lattices.- Topics.- Duality for Distributive Lattices: The Priestley Topology.- Free Lattices.- Fixed-Point Theorems.