Between weak and Bruhat: the middle order on permutations

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Autori principali: Bouvel, Mathilde, Ferrari, Luca, Tenner, Bridget Eileen
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author Bouvel, Mathilde
Ferrari, Luca
Tenner, Bridget Eileen
author_facet Bouvel, Mathilde
Ferrari, Luca
Tenner, Bridget Eileen
contents We define a partial order $\mathcal{P}_n$ on permutations of any given size $n$, which is the image of a natural partial order on inversion sequences. We call this the ``middle order''. We demonstrate that the poset $\mathcal{P}_n$ refines the weak order on permutations and admits the Bruhat order as a refinement, justifying the terminology. These middle orders are distributive lattices and we establish some of their combinatorial properties, including characterization and enumeration of intervals and boolean intervals (in general, or of any given rank), and a combinatorial interpretation of their Euler characteristic. We further study the (not so well-behaved) restriction of this poset to involutions, obtaining a simple formula for the Möbius function of principal order ideals there. Finally, we offer further directions of research, initiating the study of the canonical Heyting algebra associated with $\mathcal{P}_n$, and defining a parking function analogue of $\mathcal{P}_n$.
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Bouvel, Mathilde
Ferrari, Luca
Tenner, Bridget Eileen
Combinatorics
06A07, 05A05, 05A15
We define a partial order $\mathcal{P}_n$ on permutations of any given size $n$, which is the image of a natural partial order on inversion sequences. We call this the ``middle order''. We demonstrate that the poset $\mathcal{P}_n$ refines the weak order on permutations and admits the Bruhat order as a refinement, justifying the terminology. These middle orders are distributive lattices and we establish some of their combinatorial properties, including characterization and enumeration of intervals and boolean intervals (in general, or of any given rank), and a combinatorial interpretation of their Euler characteristic. We further study the (not so well-behaved) restriction of this poset to involutions, obtaining a simple formula for the Möbius function of principal order ideals there. Finally, we offer further directions of research, initiating the study of the canonical Heyting algebra associated with $\mathcal{P}_n$, and defining a parking function analogue of $\mathcal{P}_n$.
title Between weak and Bruhat: the middle order on permutations
topic Combinatorics
06A07, 05A05, 05A15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08943