An explicit order matching for $L(3,n)$ from several approaches and its extension for $L(4,n)$

Guoce Xin, Yueming Zhong

Published 2021-04-22Version 1

Let $L(m,n)$ denote Young's lattice consisting of all partitions whose Young diagrams are contained in the $m\times n$ rectangle. It is a well-known result that the poset $L(m,n)$ is rank symmetric, rank unimodal, and Sperner. A direct proof of this result by finding an explicit order matching of $L(m,n)$ is an outstanding open problem. In this paper, we present an explicit order matching $\varphi$ for $L(3,n)$ by several different approaches, and give chain tableau version of $\varphi$ that is very helpful in finding patterns. It is surprise that the greedy algorithm and a recursive knead process also give the same order matching. Our methods extend for $L(4,n)$.