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What is $-Q$ for a poset $Q$?

Combinatorics 2021-02-02 v1 General Topology

Abstract

In the context of combinatorial reciprocity, it is a natural question to ask what "Q-Q" is for a poset QQ. In a previous work, the definition "Q:=Q×R-Q:=Q\times\mathbb{R} with lexicographic order" was proposed based on the notion of Euler characteristic of semialgebraic sets. In fact, by using this definition, Stanley's reciprocity for order polynomials was generalized to an equality for the Euler characteristics of certain spaces of increasing maps between posets. The purpose of this paper is to refine this result, that is, to show that these spaces are homeomorphic if the topology of QQ is metrizable.

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@article{arxiv.2102.00566,
  title  = {What is $-Q$ for a poset $Q$?},
  author = {Taiga Yoshida and Masahiko Yoshinaga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.00566},
  year   = {2021}
}

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6 pages

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