TY - JOUR
T1 - Partitioning the Boolean lattice into a minimal number of chains of relatively uniform size
AU - Hsu, Tim
AU - Logan, Mark J.
AU - Shahriari, Shahriar
AU - Towse, Christopher
PY - 2003/2
Y1 - 2003/2
N2 - Let 2[n] denote the Boolean lattice of order n, that is, the poset of subsets of {1,...,n} ordered by inclusion. Extending our previous work on a question of Füredi, we show that for any c>1, there exist functions e(n)∼ n/2 and f(n)∼c nlogn and an integer N (depending only on c) such that for all n>N, there is a chain decomposition of the Boolean lattice 2[n] into (⌊n/2⌋ n chains, all of which have size between e(n) and f(n). (A positive answer to Füredi's question would imply that the same result holds for some e(n)∼ π/2 n and f(n)=e(n)+1.) The main tool used is an apparently new observation about rank-collection in normalized matching (LYM) posets.
AB - Let 2[n] denote the Boolean lattice of order n, that is, the poset of subsets of {1,...,n} ordered by inclusion. Extending our previous work on a question of Füredi, we show that for any c>1, there exist functions e(n)∼ n/2 and f(n)∼c nlogn and an integer N (depending only on c) such that for all n>N, there is a chain decomposition of the Boolean lattice 2[n] into (⌊n/2⌋ n chains, all of which have size between e(n) and f(n). (A positive answer to Füredi's question would imply that the same result holds for some e(n)∼ π/2 n and f(n)=e(n)+1.) The main tool used is an apparently new observation about rank-collection in normalized matching (LYM) posets.
KW - Boolean lattice
KW - Chain decompositions
KW - Füredi's problem
KW - LYM property
KW - Normalized matching property
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U2 - 10.1016/S0195-6698(02)00133-6
DO - 10.1016/S0195-6698(02)00133-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037222173
SN - 0195-6698
VL - 24
SP - 219
EP - 228
JO - European Journal of Combinatorics
JF - European Journal of Combinatorics
IS - 2
ER -