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Dilworth's Theorem for Borel Posets

Combinatorics 2020-04-07 v1

Abstract

A famous theorem of Dilworth asserts that any finite poset of width kk can be decomposed into kk chains. We study the following problem: given a Borel poset PP of finite width kk, is it true that it can be decomposed into kk Borel chains? We give a positive answer in a special case of Borel posets embeddable into the real line. We also prove a dual theorem for posets whose comparability graphs are locally countable.

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@article{arxiv.2004.02162,
  title  = {Dilworth's Theorem for Borel Posets},
  author = {Bartłomiej Bosek and Jarosław Grytczuk and Zbigniew Lonc},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.02162},
  year   = {2020}
}
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