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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Math 269 - Combinatorics

Joshua Cooper

UCSD

Random linear extensions of grids

Abstract:

A grid poset -- or "grid" for short -- is a product of chains. We ask, what does a random linear extension of a grid look like? In particular, we show that the average "jump number," i.e., the number of times that two consecutive elements in a linear extension are incomparable in the poset, is close to its maximum possible value. The techniques employed rely on entropy arguments. We mention several interesting questions about this wide-open area.

June 6, 2006

4:00 PM

AP&M 7321

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