Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4655985 Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A 2010 17 Pages PDF
Abstract

Let Nn denote the quotient poset of the Boolean lattice, Bn, under the relation equivalence under rotation. Griggs, Killian, and Savage proved that Np is a symmetric chain order for prime p. In this paper, we settle the question posed in that paper, namely whether Nn is a symmetric chain order for all n. This paper provides an algorithm that produces a symmetric chain decomposition (or SCD). We accomplish this by modifying bracketing from Greene and Kleitman. This allows us to take appropriate “middles” of certain chains from the Greene–Kleitman SCD for Bn. We also prove additional properties of the resulting SCD and show that this settles a related conjecture.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics