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Left absorption in products of countable orders

Logic 2023-09-26 v1

Abstract

We classify the countable linear orders XX for which there is an order AA with at least two points such that the lexicographic product AXAX is isomorphic to XX. Given such an XX, we determine every corresponding order AA, and identify when XX is isomorphic to its square. More generally, we characterize the countable orders that embed at least two disjoint convex copies of themselves.

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@article{arxiv.2309.13535,
  title  = {Left absorption in products of countable orders},
  author = {Garrett Ervin and Ethan Gu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.13535},
  year   = {2023}
}
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