About posets of height one as retracts

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contents We investigate connected posets $C$ of height one as retracts of finite posets $P$. We define two multigraphs: a multigraph $\mathfrak{F}(P)$ reflecting the network of so-called improper 4-crown bundles contained in the extremal points of $P$, and a multigraph $\mathfrak{C}(C)$ depending on $C$ but not on $P$. There exists a close interdependence between $C$ being a retract of $P$ and the existence of a graph homomorphism of a certain type from $\mathfrak{F}(P)$ to $\mathfrak{C}(C)$. In particular, if $C$ is an ordinal sum of two antichains, then $C$ is a retract of $P$ iff such a graph homomorphism exists. Returning to general connected posets $C$ of height one, we show that the image of such a graph homomorphism can be a clique in $\mathfrak{C}(C)$ iff the improper 4-crowns in $P$ contain only a sparse subset of the edges of $C$.
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Campo, Frank a
Combinatorics
06A07 (Primary) 06A06 (Secondary)
We investigate connected posets $C$ of height one as retracts of finite posets $P$. We define two multigraphs: a multigraph $\mathfrak{F}(P)$ reflecting the network of so-called improper 4-crown bundles contained in the extremal points of $P$, and a multigraph $\mathfrak{C}(C)$ depending on $C$ but not on $P$. There exists a close interdependence between $C$ being a retract of $P$ and the existence of a graph homomorphism of a certain type from $\mathfrak{F}(P)$ to $\mathfrak{C}(C)$. In particular, if $C$ is an ordinal sum of two antichains, then $C$ is a retract of $P$ iff such a graph homomorphism exists. Returning to general connected posets $C$ of height one, we show that the image of such a graph homomorphism can be a clique in $\mathfrak{C}(C)$ iff the improper 4-crowns in $P$ contain only a sparse subset of the edges of $C$.
title About posets of height one as retracts
topic Combinatorics
06A07 (Primary) 06A06 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.22379