Dimension of CPT posets

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Abstract: A collection of linear orders on X, say mathcalL, is said to emph{realize} a partially ordered set (or poset) mathcalP=(X,preceq) if, for any two distinct x,yinX, xpreceqy if and only if xprecLy, forallLinmathcalL. We call mathcalL a emph{realizer} of mathcalP. The emph{dimension} of mathcalP, denoted by dim(mathcalP), is the minimum cardinality of a realizer of mathcalP. A emph{containment model} MmathcalP of a poset mathcalP=(X,preceq) maps every xinX to a set Mx such that, for every distinct x,yinX,xpreceqy if and only if MxvarsubsetneqMy. We shall be using the collection (Mx)xinX to identify the containment model MmathcalP. A poset mathcalP=(X,preceq) is a Containment order of Paths in a Tree (CPT poset), if it admits a containment model MmathcalP=(Px)xinX where every Px is a path of a tree T, which is called the host tree of the model. We show that if a poset mathcalP admits a CPT model in a host tree T of maximum degree Delta and radius r, then ogers{dim(mathcalP)leqlglgDelta+(frac12+o(1))lglglgDelta+lgr+frac12lglgr+frac12lgpi+3. This bound is asymptotically tight up to an additive factor of min(frac12lglglgDelta,frac12lglgr). Further, let mathcalP(1,2;n) be the poset consisting of all the 1-element and 2-element subsets of [n] under `containment' relation and let dim(1,2;n) denote its dimension. The proof of our main theorem gives a simple algorithm to construct a realizer for mathcalP(1,2;n) whose cardinality is only an additive factor of at most frac32 away from the optimum.









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