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Antichains and Finite Sets that Meet all Maximal Chains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

J. Ginsburg ,
I. Rival  and
B. Sands
J. Ginsburg
Affiliation:
University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba
I. Rival
Affiliation:
The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
B. Sands
Affiliation:
The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
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This paper is inspired by two apparently different ideas. Let P be an ordered set and let M(P) stand for the set of all of its maximal chains. The collection of all sets of the form

and

where x ∊ P, is a subbase for the open sets of a topology on M(P). (Actually, it is easy to check that the B(x) sets themselves form a subbase.) In other words, as M(P) is a subset of the power set 2|p| of P, we can regard M(P) as a subspace of 2|p| with the usual product topology. M. Bell and J. Ginsburg [1] have shown that the topological space M(P) is compact if and only if, for each x ∊ P, there is a finite subset C(x) of P all of whose elements are noncomparable to x and such that {x} ∪ C(x) meets each maximal chain.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , 01 June 1986 , pp. 619 - 632
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1986

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