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On matching property for groups and field extensions
In this paper we prove a sufficient condition for the existence of matchings in arbitrary groups and its linear analogue, which lead to some generalizations of the existing results in the theory of matchings in groups and central extensions of division rings. We introduce the notion of relative matchings between arrays of elements in groups and use this notion to study the behavior of matchable sets under group homomorphisms. We also present infinite families of prime numbers p such that ℤ/pℤ does not have the acyclic matching property. Finally, we introduce the linear version of acyclic matching property and show that purely transcendental field extensions satisfy this property
Minimal Envy and Popular Matchings
We study ex-post fairness in the object allocation problem where objects are
valuable and commonly owned. A matching is fair from individual perspective if
it has only inevitable envy towards agents who received most preferred objects
-- minimal envy matching. A matching is fair from social perspective if it is
supported by majority against any other matching -- popular matching.
Surprisingly, the two perspectives give the same outcome: when a popular
matching exists it is equivalent to a minimal envy matching.
We show the equivalence between global and local popularity: a matching is
popular if and only if there does not exist a group of size up to 3 agents that
decides to exchange their objects by majority, keeping the remaining matching
fixed. We algorithmically show that an arbitrary matching is path-connected to
a popular matching where along the path groups of up to 3 agents exchange their
objects by majority. A market where random groups exchange objects by majority
converges to a popular matching given such matching exists.
When popular matching might not exist we define most popular matching as a
matching that is popular among the largest subset of agents. We show that each
minimal envy matching is a most popular matching and propose a polynomial-time
algorithm to find them
A simple characterization of special matchings in lower Bruhat intervals
We give a simple characterization of special matchings in lower Bruhat
intervals (that is, intervals starting from the identity element) of a Coxeter
group. As a byproduct, we obtain some results on the action of special
matchings.Comment: accepted for publication on Discrete Mathematic
A simple characterization of special matchings in lower Bruhat intervals
We give a simple characterization of special matchings in lower Bruhat
intervals (that is, intervals starting from the identity element) of a Coxeter
group. As a byproduct, we obtain some results on the action of special
matchings.Comment: accepted for publication on Discrete Mathematic
The combinatorial invariance conjecture for parabolic Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials of lower intervals
The aim of this work is to prove a conjecture related to the Combinatorial
Invariance Conjecture of Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials, in the parabolic setting,
for lower intervals in every arbitrary Coxeter group. This result improves and
generalizes, among other results, the main results of [Advances in Math. {202}
(2006), 555-601], [Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. {368} (2016), no. 7, 5247--5269].Comment: to appear in Advances in Mathematic
Special matchings in Coxeter groups
Special matchings are purely combinatorial objects associated with a
partially ordered set, which have applications in Coxeter group theory. We
provide an explicit characterization and a complete classification of all
special matchings of any lower Bruhat interval. The results hold in any
arbitrary Coxeter group and have also applications in the study of the
corresponding parabolic Kazhdan--Lusztig polynomials.Comment: 19 page
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