Finite Eulerian posets which are binomial or Sheffer

• Main Author: Bidkhori, Hoda
• Other Authors: North Carolina State University Raleigh (NC State), University of North Carolina System (UNC), Bousquet-Mélou, Mireille and Wachs, Michelle and Hultman, Axel
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2011
• Subjects: Eulerian poset; binomial poset; Sheffer poset; [MATH.MATH-CO]Mathematics [math]/Combinatorics [math.CO]; [INFO.INFO-DM]Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM]; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01215078; https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01215078/document; https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01215078/file/dmAO0115.pdf

International audience In this paper we study finite Eulerian posets which are binomial or Sheffer. These important classes of posets are related to the theory of generating functions and to geometry. The results of this paper are organized as follows: (1) We completely determine the structure of Eulerian binomial posets and, as a conclusion, we are able to classify factorial functions of Eulerian binomial posets; (2) We give an almost complete classification of factorial functions of Eulerian Sheffer posets by dividing the original question into several cases; (3) In most cases above, we completely determine the structure of Eulerian Sheffer posets, a result stronger than just classifying factorial functions of these Eulerian Sheffer posets. We also study Eulerian triangular posets. This paper answers questions posed by R. Ehrenborg and M. Readdy. This research is also motivated by the work of R. Stanley about recognizing the \emphboolean lattice by looking at smaller intervals. Nous étudions les ensembles partiellement ordonnés finis (EPO) qui sont soit binomiaux soit de type Sheffer (deux notions reliées aux séries génératrices et à la géométrie). Nos résultats sont les suivants: (1) nous déterminons la structure des EPO Euleriens et binomiaux; nous classifions ainsi les fonctions factorielles de tous ces EPO; (2) nous donnons une classification presque complète des fonctions factorielles des EPO Euleriens de type Sheffer; (3) dans la plupart de ces cas, nous déterminons complètement la structure des EPO Euleriens et Sheffer, ce qui est plus fort que classifier leurs fonctions factorielles. Nous étudions aussi les EPO Euleriens triangulaires. Cet article répond à des questions de R. Ehrenborg and M. Readdy. Il est aussi motivé par le travail de R. Stanley sur la reconnaissance du treillis booléen via l'étude des petits intervalles.