Alexander van der Vekens contributed an impressive collection of 
definitions and theorems for graph theory.  Most of it applies to 
undirected hypergraphs, but most of 16.1 seems generally applicable.

I want to model a directed binary graph, G, that has many of the properties 
of a poset, but has a partial order relation which is irreflexive, ( lt ` f 
) rather than ( le ` f ).

I need graph G = <. V , E >. where V is a set of vertices, and E is a set 
of binary, directed edges on V,
E C_ ( V x V ) where the direction is from the first element of the ordered 
pair, to the second element, with the following properties:

   - E must connect V
   - E must be acyclic
   - E must have a distinguished "start" vertex (least vertex l e. V), from 
   which there must be a path to every other vertex in V
   - E must have a distinguished "end" vertex (upper bound u e. V), to 
   which there must be a path from every other vertex in V
   - Existence of a path from V1 to V2 determines V1 < V2

df-vtx and df-iedg look like a good start to represent vertices and edges 
as extensible structures.

However, these properties of E look like a poset with lt derived from le by 
df-plt.

How do I require edges E to also be a poset with V = ( Base ` E ) and ( lt 
` E ) defined as path existence?

Does G being connected follow from ( E e. Poset )?


--Brian

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