Let P be an order on a set V. A subset A of V is autonomous in P if every element of V not in A is either less than or greater than or incomparable to all elements of A. The empty set, the singletons from V and the set V are autonomous sets and are called trivial. Call an order prime if all its autonomous sets are trivial. We give the complete list of all finite prime orders all of whose prime suborders are selfdual.
Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000) 06A06 · 06A07Throughout, P = (V, ≤) denotes a f inite ordered set. When this does not cause confusion, we shall not distinguish between the order and the ordered set, using the same letter, say P, to denote both. The suborder of P induced by a subset X of V is denoted P(X). A subset A of V is autonomous (or an interval or a module) in P if for all v ∈ V \ A and for all a, a ∈ A,The empty set, the singletons from V and the whole set V are autonomous sets and are said to be trivial. P is prime if all its autonomous sets are trivial. With this