SB-lattices, distributivity, and Bruhat order on sortable elements. (Q491532)

Summary: In this article, we investigate the set of \(\gamma\)-sortable elements, associated with a Coxeter group \(W\) and a Coxeter element \(\gamma\in W\), under Bruhat order, and we denote this poset by \(\mathcal B_\gamma\). We show that this poset belongs to the class of SB-lattices recently introduced by Hersh and Mészáros, by proving a more general statement, namely that all join-distributive lattices are SB-lattices. The observation that \(\mathcal B_\gamma\) is join-distributive is due to Armstrong. Subsequently, we investigate for which finite Coxeter groups \(W\) and which Coxeter elements \(\gamma\in W\) the lattice \(\mathcal B_\gamma\) is in fact distributive. It turns out that this is the case for the ``coincidental'' Coxeter groups, namely the groups \(A_n\), \(B_n\), \(H_3\) and \(I_2(k)\). We conclude this article with a conjectural characteriziation of the Coxeter elements \(\gamma\) of said groups for which \(\mathcal B_\gamma\) is distributive in terms of forbidden orientations of the Coxeter diagram.