ISSN:
1572-9273
Keywords:
06A07
;
Poset
;
height
;
width
;
linear extension
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
Notes:
Abstract We prove that every height-2 finite poset with three or more points has an incomparable pair {x, y} such that the proportion of all linear extensions of the poset in which x is less than y is between 1/3 and 2/3. A related result of Komlós says that the containment interval [1/3, 2/3] shrinks to [1/2, 1/2] in the limit as the width of height-2 posets becomes large. We conjecture that a poset denoted by V m + maximizes the containment interval for height-2 posets of width m+1.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00419038
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