There exists a definition of order homomorphism?

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Let be $(X,\preccurlyeq)$ and $(Y\curlyeqprec)$ partial ordered sets so that let be $f$ a function form $X$ to $Y$. So if $\rightthreetimes$ and $\leftthreetimes$ was an operation on $X$ and an operation on $Y$ then it is usual to say that $f$ is a groupoid homomorphism if for any $x_1$ and $x_2$ in $X$ the equality $$ f(x_1\rightthreetimes x_2)=f(x_1)\leftthreetimes f(x_2) $$ holds so that I would say that $f$ is an order homomorphism if the inequality $$ \tag{1}\label{1}x_1\preccurlyeq x_2 $$ implies the inequality $$ \tag{2}\label{2}f(x_1)\curlyeqprec f(x_2) $$

Now if $f$ was a bjiective groupoid homomorphism (namely a groupoid isomorphism) then it is not hard to show that even $f^{-1}$ is a groupoid homomorphism but I suspect that the same does not would be if $f$ was an order bjiective homomorphism (namely a groupoid isomorphism) since I know that actually many authors says that $f$ is an order isomorphism if it is a bijection such that the inequality \eqref{1} holds if and only if the inequality \eqref{2} holds so that I suspect it would be better say that $f$ is a order homomorphism whether \eqref{1} holds if and only if \eqref{2} holds: so by this I thought to put a specific question where I ask to prove or disprove whether the inverse application of an order isomorphism is an order isomorphism with respect the (first) definition I gave; moreover, I would like to know if any author actually defines an order homomorphism. Could someone help me, please?

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The usual definition of an order homomorphism (also called "monotone", or "order preserving" map) is $(1)⟹(2),$ not $(1)⟺(2).$ Two references for this definition are given here on Wikipedia:

  • Bloch, Ethan D. (2011), Proofs and Fundamentals: A First Course in Abstract Mathematics, Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics (2nd ed.), Springer, pp. 276–277, ISBN 9781441971265, and
  • Schröder, Bernd Siegfried Walter (2003), Ordered Sets: An Introduction, Springer, p. 11, ISBN 9780817641283

An order isomorphism is a bijection $f$ such that both $f$ and $f^{−1}$ are order homomorphisms.

An example of a bijective order homomorphism which is not an order isomorphism is $f={\rm id}_X,$ $X=Y=\{0,1\},$ $≼=\{(0,0),(1,1)\},$ $⋞=\{(0,0),(1,1),(0,1)\}.$