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Lattices contained in planar orders are planar

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The covering graph of a lattice which is contained in an ordered set with a planar covering graph is itself planar.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

    Richard Nowakowski

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Ottawa, KIN 9B4, Ottawa, Canada

    Ivan Rival & Jorge Urrutia

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Nowakowski, R., Rival, I. & Urrutia, J. Lattices contained in planar orders are planar. Algebra Universalis 29, 580–588 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01190783

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