{ "id": "1907.00380", "version": "v1", "published": "2019-06-30T13:34:34.000Z", "updated": "2019-06-30T13:34:34.000Z", "title": "Dimension is polynomial in height for posets with planar cover graphs", "authors": [ "Jakub Kozik", "Piotr Micek", "William T. Trotter" ], "categories": [ "math.CO", "cs.DM" ], "abstract": "We show that height~$h$ posets that have planar cover graphs have dimension $O(h^6)$. Previously, this upper bound was $2^{O(h^3)}$. Planarity plays a key role in our arguments, since there are posets such that (1) dimension is exponential in height and (2) the cover graph excludes $K_5$ as a minor.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2019-06-30T13:34:34.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "planar cover graphs", "polynomial", "cover graph excludes", "planarity plays", "upper bound" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }