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SB-labelings and posets with each interval homotopy equivalent to a sphere or a ball

Combinatorics 2017-05-02 v2 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We introduce a new class of poset edge labelings for locally finite lattices which we call SBSB-labelings. We prove for finite lattices which admit an SBSB-labeling that each open interval has the homotopy type of a ball or of a sphere of some dimension. Natural examples include the weak order, the Tamari lattice, and the finite distributive lattices.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1407.5311,
  title  = {SB-labelings and posets with each interval homotopy equivalent to a sphere or a ball},
  author = {Patricia Hersh and Karola Meszaros},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.5311},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

16 pages; 3 figures; accepted to Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A