For a nonempty subset M ⊆ R {\displaystyle {}M\subseteq \mathbb {R} } , a lower bound t {\displaystyle {}t} of M {\displaystyle {}M} is called the infimum of M {\displaystyle {}M} , if t ≥ s {\displaystyle {}t\geq s} holds for all lower bounds s {\displaystyle {}s} of M {\displaystyle {}M} .