Labeled posets are universal

  • Authors:
  • Erkko Lehtonen

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute of Mathematics, Tampere University of Technology, PO Box 553, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland

  • Venue:
  • European Journal of Combinatorics
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Partially ordered sets labeled with k labels (k-posets) and their homomorphisms are examined. The homomorphicity order of finite k-posets is shown to be a distributive lattice. Homomorphicity orders of finite k-posets and k-lattices are shown to be universal in the sense that every countable poset can be embedded into them. Labeled posets are represented by directed graphs, and a categorical isomorphism between k-posets and their digraph representations is established.