Independence Posets
Time: 11:00 -- Location: Salle Henri Poincaré du LIX
Let G be an acylic directed graph. For each vertex of G, we define an involution on the independent sets of G. We call these involutions flips, and use them to define a new partial order on independent sets of G.
Trim lattices generalize distributive lattices by removing the graded hypothesis: a graded trim lattice is a distributive lattice, and every distributive lattice is trim. Our independence posets are a further generalization of distributive lattices, eliminating also the lattice requirement: an independence poset that is a lattice is always a trim lattice, and every trim lattice is the independence poset for a unique (up to isomorphism) acyclic directed graph G. This is joint work with Hugh Thomas.