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Sortable elements and Cambrian lattices

Combinatorics 2026-05-13 v1

Abstract

We show that the Coxeter-sortable elements in a finite Coxeter group W are the minimal congruence-class representatives of a lattice congruence of the weak order on W. We identify this congruence as the Cambrian congruence on W, so that the Cambrian lattice is the weak order on Coxeter-sortable elements. These results exhibit W-Catalan combinatorics arising in the context of the lattice theory of the weak order on W.

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@article{arxiv.math/0512339,
  title  = {Sortable elements and Cambrian lattices},
  author = {Nathan Reading},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0512339},
  year   = {2026}
}

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23 pages, 9 figures