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Retractions onto series-parallel posets

Dalmau, V.; Krokhin, A.; Larose, B.

Authors

V. Dalmau

B. Larose



Abstract

The poset retraction problem for a poset P is whether a given poset Q containing P as a subposet admits a retraction onto P, that is, whether there is a homomorphism from Q onto P which fixes every element of P. We study this problem for finite series-parallel posets P. We present equivalent combinatorial, algebraic, and topological charaterisations of posets for which the problem is tractable, and, for such a poset P, we describe posets admitting a retraction onto P.

Citation

Dalmau, V., Krokhin, A., & Larose, B. (2008). Retractions onto series-parallel posets. Discrete Mathematics, 308(11), 2104-2114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disc.2006.08.010

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jun 6, 2008
Deposit Date Dec 18, 2009
Journal Discrete mathematics.
Print ISSN 0012-365X
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 308
Issue 11
Pages 2104-2114
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disc.2006.08.010
Keywords Poset retraction, Series-parallel, Posets, Complexity.