the notion of complete atlas

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According to the definition of complete atlas, would it be more precise to call it maximal atlas?

Secondly, the statement

Every atlas of $M$ compatible with $\Gamma$ is contained in a unique atlas of $M$ compatible with $\Gamma$.

can be proved routinely:

Let $\mathscr A=\{\mbox{all the atlases of }M \mbox{ compatible with }\Gamma\mbox{ that contains }A\}$, I guess it is a set. For each chain $\mathscr A_m$ in $\mathscr A$, let $A_m=\cup \mathscr A_m$, then it is in $\mathscr A$: Suppose $(U_1,\phi_1)\in A_1\in \mathscr A_m, (U_2,\phi_2)\in A_2\in \mathscr A_m$ and $A_1\subset A_2$, then $\phi_2\circ\phi_1^{-1}:\phi_1(U_1\cap U_2)\to\phi_2(U_1\cap U_2) $ is an element of $\Gamma$ whenever $U_1\cap U_2$ is nonempty, since $(U_1,\phi_1)$ and $(U_2,\phi_2)$ are both in $A_2$. Hence $A_m$ is an bound of the chain $\mathscr A_m$. By Zorn's lemma, there is a maximal element in $\mathscr A$.

Can someone verify for me if the proof is correct?