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The structure of the consecutive pattern poset
The consecutive pattern poset is the infinite partially ordered set of all
permutations where if has a subsequence of adjacent
entries in the same relative order as the entries of . We study the
structure of the intervals in this poset from topological, poset-theoretic, and
enumerative perspectives. In particular, we prove that all intervals are
rank-unimodal and strongly Sperner, and we characterize disconnected and
shellable intervals. We also show that most intervals are not shellable and
have M\"obius function equal to zero.Comment: 29 pages, 7 figures. To appear in IMR
Increasing spanning forests in graphs and simplicial complexes
Let G be a graph with vertex set {1,...,n}. A spanning forest F of G is increasing if the
sequence of labels on any path starting at the minimum vertex of a tree of F forms an increasing
sequence. Hallam and Sagan showed that the generating function ISF(G, t) for increasing
spanning forests of G has all nonpositive integral roots. Furthermore they proved that, up to
a change of sign, this polynomial equals the chromatic polynomial of G precisely when 1,..., n
is a perfect elimination order for G. We give new, purely combinatorial proofs of these results
which permit us to generalize them in several ways. For example, we are able to bound the coef-
cients of ISF(G, t) using broken circuits. We are also able to extend these results to simplicial
complexes using the new notion of a cage-free complex. A generalization to labeled multigraphs
is also given. We observe that the de nition of an increasing spanning forest can be formulated
in terms of pattern avoidance, and we end by exploring spanning forests that avoid the patterns
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Seiberg-Witten Floer K-theory and cyclic group actions on spin four-manifolds with boundary
Given a spin rational homology sphere equipped with a
-action preserving the spin structure, we use the Seiberg--Witten
equations to define equivariant refinements of the invariant from
\cite{Man14}, which take the form of a finite subset of elements in a lattice
constructed from the representation ring of a twisted product of
and . The main theorems consist of equivariant
relative 10/8-ths type inequalities for spin equivariant cobordisms between
rational homology spheres. We provide applications to knot concordance, give
obstructions to extending cyclic group actions to spin fillings, and via taking
branched covers we obtain genus bounds for knots in punctured 4-manifolds. In
some cases, these bounds are strong enough to determine the relative genus for
a large class of knots within certain homology classes in , , , and homotopy surfaces.Comment: v2: Edits for clarity, changes in notation, etc. Significant rewrites
of sections 8.2 and 8.3; fixed calculations for higher order action