Definition. \omega -chains of cpos in the category \mathbf {Cpo}^\textbf {R} [dt-005C]
An \omega -chain of cpos in the category \mathbf {Cpo}^\textbf {R} consists of a family of cpos \{D_i \mid i \in \mathbb {N} \}, together with a family of retraction pairs D_i \xtofrom [g_i]{f_i} D_{i+1}, shown below: