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An efficient data structure for counting all linear extensions of a poset, calculating its jump number, and the likes

Data Structures and Algorithms 2017-04-26 v1

Abstract

Achieving the goals in the title (and others) relies on a cardinality-wise scanning of the ideals of the poset. Specifically, the relevant numbers attached to the k+1 element ideals are inferred from the corresponding numbers of the k-element (order) ideals. Crucial in all of this is a compressed representation (using wildcards) of the ideal lattice. The whole scheme invites distributed computation.

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@article{arxiv.1704.07708,
  title  = {An efficient data structure for counting all linear extensions of a poset, calculating its jump number, and the likes},
  author = {Marcel Wild},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.07708},
  year   = {2017}
}

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