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A chain '''C''' is a subset of '''M''' consisting of at least one element m; and where either m1 < m2 or m1 > m2 for every pair of distinct elements m1 and m2. An antichain '''D''' is any subset of '''M''' in which every pair of distinct elements m1 and m2 are incomparable.
Every Common Sequence of length ''q'' corresponds to a chain of cardinality ''q'', over the set of matches '''M'''. Thus, finding an LCS can be restated as the problem of finding a chain of maximum cardinality ''p''.▼
A chain can be visualized as a strictly increasing curve that passes through matches (i, j) in the m*n coordinate space of '''M'''[i, j].
▲Every Common Sequence of length ''q'' corresponds to a chain of cardinality ''q'', over the set of matches '''M'''. Thus, finding an LCS can be restated as the problem of finding a chain of maximum cardinality ''p''.
According to [Dilworth 1950], this cardinality ''p'' equals the minimum number of disjoint antichains into which '''M''' can be decomposed. Note that such a decomposition into the minimal number p of disjoint antichains may not be unique.
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