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Endomorphisms of Partially Ordered Sets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1998

DWIGHT DUFFUS
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
TOMASZ ŁUCZAK
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
VOJTĚCH RÖDL
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
ANDRZEJ RUCIŃSKI
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA

Abstract

It is shown that every partially ordered set with n elements admits an endomorphism with an image of a size at least n1/7 but smaller than n. We also prove that there exists a partially ordered set with n elements such that each of its non-trivial endomorphisms has an image of size O((n log n)1/3).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
1998 Cambridge University Press

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