The maximum difference between the number of atoms and number of coatoms of a Bruhat interval of the symmetric group. (Q2260613)

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The maximum difference between the number of atoms and number of coatoms of a Bruhat interval of the symmetric group.
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    The maximum difference between the number of atoms and number of coatoms of a Bruhat interval of the symmetric group. (English)
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    11 March 2015
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    Summary: We determine the largest difference between the number of atoms and number of coatoms of a Bruhat interval of the symmetric group \(S_n\). We then pose the question of describing such extremal intervals \([u,v]\subset S_n\) and give a partial description by specifying the elements \(v\) that can occur.
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    Bruhat order
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    numbers of atoms
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    numbers of coatoms
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    Bruhat intervals
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    symmetric groups
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