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Morphisms and Order Ideals of Toric Posets

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  • Matthew Macauley

    (Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0975, USA)

Abstract

Toric posets are in some sense a natural “cyclic” version of finite posets in that they capture the fundamental features of a partial order but without the notion of minimal or maximal elements. They can be thought of combinatorially as equivalence classes of acyclic orientations under the equivalence relation generated by converting sources into sinks, or geometrically as chambers of toric graphic hyperplane arrangements. In this paper, we define toric intervals and toric order-preserving maps, which lead to toric analogues of poset morphisms and order ideals. We develop this theory, discuss some fundamental differences between the toric and ordinary cases, and outline some areas for future research. Additionally, we provide a connection to cyclic reducibility and conjugacy in Coxeter groups.

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  • Matthew Macauley, 2016. "Morphisms and Order Ideals of Toric Posets," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 4(2), pages 1-31, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:4:y:2016:i:2:p:39-:d:71469
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