Another Problem of J\'onsson and McKenzie from 1982: Refinement Properties for Connected Powers of Posets

Abstract: In 1982, J'onsson and McKenzie posed the following problem: "Find counter examples (or prove that none exist) to the refinement of

A^{C} c o n g B^{D}

[

A

,

B

,

C

, and

D

non-empty posets] under" the condition "

C

,

D

, and

A^{C}

are finite and connected." That is, in this situation, are there posets

E

,

X

,

Y

, and

Z

such that

A c o n g E^{X}

,

B c o n g E^{Y}

,

C c o n g Y i m e s Z

, and

D c o n g X i m e s Z

? In this note, this problem is solved.

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