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Even smaller universal posets

Jul 2026 · 0 citations · 21 references
Mathematics

Abstract

We show that for every $\eta>0$ and sufficiently large $n$, there exists a poset of size $2^{(1+\eta)n/2}$ containing all the $n$-element posets as induced subposets. This improves a recent result of Bastide, Groenland and Nenadov. Our proof provides a labeling scheme preserving transitivity, inspired by the Boolean lattice. Among other tools, we use the Szemer\'edi Regularity Lemma.

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