Is there a term for a set that is:
- discrete
- totally ordered
- has finite subranges (not a technical term), i.e. for any a and b, $\{x|a<x<b\}$ is finite
At first glance, it seems this implies that the set is either finite or isomorphic (in some sense) with the integers. Is there a counterexample? What if condition 3 is relaxed? (For example, if the subrange is finite only for certain a and b.)
I am not sure if a such a linear ordering has a name.
However they are not all order isomorphic to finite linear ordering or $\mathbb{Z}$. For example the order type $\omega$ also has this property. As well as the order type $\omega^*$, which is the backward $\omega$.
The finite case is fine. Suppose that $L$ is an infinite linear order. Let $S$ denote the successor relations. Define $x \equiv y$ if there exists a natural number $n$ such that $S^n(x) = y \vee S^n(y) = x$. In order to satisfy these properties, you can see that there can only be one equivalence class. Now ask if the equivalence class has a least element or a greater element. Note that it is impossible to have both and satisfy the three properties above. If it has a least element then you have $\omega$, if it has greater element you have $\omega^*$, if it has neither you have $\mathbb{Z}$.
I think the above sketches the possible linear ordering with the above property.