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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, especially <a href="page.php?w=order_theory">order theory</a>, a <b>prefix ordered set</b> generalizes the intuitive concept of a <a href="page.php?w=Tree_%28set_theory%29">tree</a> by introducing the possibility of continuous progress and continuous branching. Natural prefix orders often occur when considering <a href="page.php?w=dynamical_systems">dynamical systems</a> as a set of functions from time (a <a href="page.php?w=totally-ordered_set">totally-ordered set</a>) to some <a href="page.php?w=phase_space">phase space</a>.</p><p>
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