The fundamental theorem of finite semidistributive lattices

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Hauptverfasser: Reading, Nathan, Speyer, David E, Thomas, Hugh
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author Reading, Nathan
Speyer, David E
Thomas, Hugh
author_facet Reading, Nathan
Speyer, David E
Thomas, Hugh
contents We prove a Fundamental Theorem of Finite Semidistributive Lattices (FTFSDL), modelled on Birkhoff's Fundamental Theorem of Finite Distributive Lattices. Our FTFSDL is of the form "A poset L is a finite semidistributive lattice if and only if there exists a set Sha with some additional structure, such that L is isomorphic to the admissible subsets of Sha ordered by inclusion; in this case, Sha and its additional structure are uniquely determined by L." The additional structure on Sha is a combinatorial abstraction of the notion of torsion pairs from representation theory and has geometric meaning in the case of posets of regions of hyperplane arrangements. We show how the FTFSDL clarifies many constructions in lattice theory, such as canonical join representations and passing to quotients, and how the semidistributive property interacts with other major classes of lattices. Many of our results also apply to infinite lattices.
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spellingShingle The fundamental theorem of finite semidistributive lattices
Reading, Nathan
Speyer, David E
Thomas, Hugh
Combinatorics
Representation Theory
06B05, 06A15, 06B15, 06D75
We prove a Fundamental Theorem of Finite Semidistributive Lattices (FTFSDL), modelled on Birkhoff's Fundamental Theorem of Finite Distributive Lattices. Our FTFSDL is of the form "A poset L is a finite semidistributive lattice if and only if there exists a set Sha with some additional structure, such that L is isomorphic to the admissible subsets of Sha ordered by inclusion; in this case, Sha and its additional structure are uniquely determined by L." The additional structure on Sha is a combinatorial abstraction of the notion of torsion pairs from representation theory and has geometric meaning in the case of posets of regions of hyperplane arrangements. We show how the FTFSDL clarifies many constructions in lattice theory, such as canonical join representations and passing to quotients, and how the semidistributive property interacts with other major classes of lattices. Many of our results also apply to infinite lattices.
title The fundamental theorem of finite semidistributive lattices
topic Combinatorics
Representation Theory
06B05, 06A15, 06B15, 06D75
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.08050