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Graded left modular lattices are supersolvable

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We provide a direct proof that a finite graded lattice with a maximal chain of left modular elements is supersolvable. This result was first established via a detour through EL-labellings in [McNamara-Thomas] by combining results of McNamara and Liu. As part of our proof, we show that the maximum graded quotient of the free product of a chain and a single-element lattice is finite and distributive.

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@article{arxiv.math/0404544,
  title  = {Graded left modular lattices are supersolvable},
  author = {Hugh Thomas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0404544},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

7 pages; 2 figures. Version 2: typos and a small error corrected; diagrams prettier; exposition improved following referee's suggestions; version to appear in Algebra Universalis