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Further thoughts on dimensions of posets

Combinatorics 2026-07-15 v1

Abstract

We recall the concept of the dimension of a finite poset PP, and the longstanding conjecture that for all finite nonempty posets PP and QQ, dim(P×Q)dim(P)+dim(Q)2.\dim(P\times Q)\geq\dim(P)+\dim(Q)-2. We then note two other plausible inequalities, either of which would imply that one. In the final section, writing PPP\preccurlyeq P' if, for all Q,Q, dim(P×Q)dim(P×Q),\dim(P\times Q)\leq\dim(P'\times Q), and writing PPP\approx P' if PPP\preccurlyeq P' and PP,P'\preccurlyeq P, we note some results and questions concerning these relations.

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@article{arxiv.2607.13385,
  title  = {Further thoughts on dimensions of posets},
  author = {George M. Bergman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.13385},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

This is an addendum to my paper at arXiv:2312.12615. 4 pages. Copy at https://math.berkeley.edu/~gbergman/papers/unpub/ or if I decide to publish it, https://math.berkeley.edu/~gbergman/papers/ , may be updated more frequently than arXiv copy