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Basic Posets
Author(s): Sik Kim Hee (Author), Joseph Neggers (Author)
- Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 1998
- Language: English
- Print length: 188 pages
- ISBN-10: 9810235895
- ISBN-13: 9789810235895
Book Description
This book introduces the reader to the general theory of partially ordered sets, i.e., posets. The text is presented in a rather informal manner, with interesting examples and computations, which rely on the Hasse diagram to build graphical intuition for the structure of finite posets. The proofs of a small number of theorems is included in the appendix. Important examples especially the Letter N poset, which plays a role akin to that of the Petersen graph in providing a candidate counterexample to many propositions, are used repeatedly throughout the text.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“The text is designed to be accessible to upper division undergraduates in mathematics or secondary mathematics education … this text is appropriately presented, has good and appropriate examples, and makes the theory of posets accessible to better undergraduates.” Mathematical Reviews
