IBP-Litp
1995/34:
Rapport de Recherche Litp /
Litp research reports
32 pages - Juin/June 1995 -
Document en anglais.
PostScript : Ko /Kb
Titre / Title: The lattice theory of r-ordered partitions
Abstract : Given any integer r „ 2 and any set W , we define the set P r ( W ) of all the r-ordered partitions of W . We define an order relation ¾ such that ( P r ( W ) , ¾ ) is a ( 0 ,1 ) - complete distributive lattice . We then state a distinction between two kinds of r-ordered partitions : the quasi - sets of order r on one hand , and the actual partitions on the other hand .P 2( W ) is isomorphic to P ( W ) and ; and also ,for every r, P r ( W ) contains P ( W ) - up to isomorphism - as its center . We also define on P r ( W ) a structure of commutative ring with unit , of characteristic r . Associated to any positive measure m on P ( W ) , we introduce a distance d on P r ( W ) in such a way that P r ( W ) , d ) is a complete metric space , the center of which is proved to be a closed metric subspace .Given any r -ordered partition P , we can effectively compute the shortest distance from P to the center of
P r ( W ) as well as explicitely describe those of the quasi - sets in
P r ( W ) the nearest from P .An interesting case is W is finite and
m ( A ) = Card ( A)
Publications internes Litp 1995 / Litp research reports 1995