ISSN:
1572-9273
Keywords:
06A06
;
Ordered set
;
cutset
;
2-cutset property
;
chain
;
antichain
;
width
;
linear extension
;
dimension
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
Notes:
Abstract An ordered setP is said to have 2-cutset property if, for every elementx ofP, there is a setS of elements ofP which are noncomparable tox, with |S|⩽2, such that every maximal chain inP meets {x}∪S. We consider the following question: Does there exist ordered sets with the 2-cutset property which have arbitrarily large dimension? We answer the question in the negative by establishing the following two results.Theorem: There are positive integersc andd such that every ordered setP with the 2-cutset property can be represented asP=X∪Y, whereX is an ordinal sum of intervals ofP having dimension ⩽d, andY is a subset ofP having width ⩽c. Corollary: There is a positive integern such that every ordered set with the 2-cutset property has dimension ⩽n.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01108707
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