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Dilworth's theorem : ウィキペディア英語版
Dilworth's theorem
In mathematics, in the areas of order theory and combinatorics, Dilworth's theorem characterizes the width of any finite partially ordered set in terms of a partition of the order into a minimum number of chains. It is named for the mathematician .
An antichain in a partially ordered set is a set of elements no two of which are comparable to each other, and a chain is a set of elements every two of which are comparable. Dilworth's theorem states that there exists an antichain ''A'', and a partition of the order into a family ''P'' of chains, such that the number of chains in the partition equals the cardinality of ''A''. When this occurs, ''A'' must be the largest antichain in the order, for any antichain can have at most one element from each member of ''P''. Similarly, ''P'' must be the smallest family of chains into which the order can be partitioned, for any partition into chains must have at least one chain per element of ''A''. The width of the partial order is defined as the common size of ''A'' and ''P''.
An equivalent way of stating Dilworth's theorem is that, in any finite partially ordered set, the maximum number of elements in any antichain equals the minimum number of chains in any partition of the set into chains. A version of the theorem for infinite partially ordered sets states that, in this case, a partially ordered set has finite width ''w'' if and only if it may be partitioned into ''w'' chains, but not less.
== Inductive proof ==

The following proof by induction on the size of the partially ordered set P is based on that of .
Let P be a finite partially ordered set. The theorem holds trivially if P is empty. So, assume that P has at least one element, and let a be a maximal element of P.
By induction, we assume that for some integer k the partially ordered set P':=P\setminus\ can be covered by k disjoint chains C_1,\dots,C_k and has at least one antichain A_0 of size k. Clearly, A_0\cap C_i\ne\emptyset for i=1,2,\dots,k. For i=1,2,\dots,k, let x_i be the maximal element in C_i that belongs to an antichain of size k in P', and set A:=\.
We claim that A is an antichain.
Let A_i be an antichain of size k that contains x_i. Fix arbitrary distinct indices i and j. Then A_i\cap C_j\ne\emptyset. Let y\in A_i\cap C_j. Then y\le x_j, by the definition of x_j. This implies that x_i\not \ge x_j, since x_i\not\ge y. By interchanging the roles of i and j in this argument we also have x_j\not\ge x_i. This verifies that A is an antichain.
We now return to P. Suppose first that a\ge x_i for some i\in\. Let K be the chain \\cup\. Then by the choice of x_i, P\setminus K does not have an antichain of size k. Induction then implies that P\setminus K can be covered by k-1 disjoint chains since A \setminus \ is an antichain of size k - 1 in P \setminus K.
Thus, P can be covered by k disjoint chains, as required. Next, if a\not\ge x_i for each i\in\, then A\cup\ is an antichain of size k+1 in P (since a is maximal in P). Now P can be covered by the k+1 chains \,C_1,C_2,\dots,C_k, completing the proof.

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