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GCD matrices, posets, and nonintersecting paths

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We show that with any finite partially ordered set one can associate a matrix whose determinant factors nicely. As corollaries, we obtain a number of results in the literature about GCD matrices and their relatives. Our main theorem is proved combinatorially using nonintersecting paths in a directed graph.

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@article{arxiv.math/0406155,
  title  = {GCD matrices, posets, and nonintersecting paths},
  author = {Ercan Altinisik and Bruce E. Sagan and Naim Tuglu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0406155},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages, see related papers at http://www.math.msu.edu/~sagan