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Jordan-H\"older with uniqueness for semimodular semilattices

Combinatorics 2019-09-20 v2

Abstract

We present a short proof of the Jordan-H\"older theorem with uniqueness for semimodular semilattice: Given two maximal chains in a semimodular semilattice of finite height, they both have the same length. Moreover there is a unique bijection that takes the prime intervals of the first chain to the prime intervals of the second chain such that the interval and its image are up-and-down projective. The theorem generalizes the classical result that all composition series of a finite group have the same length and isomorphic factors. Moreover, it shows that the isomorphism is in some sense unique.

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@article{arxiv.1908.09912,
  title  = {Jordan-H\"older with uniqueness for semimodular semilattices},
  author = {Pavel Paták},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.09912},
  year   = {2019}
}
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