Partitions of Countable Posets

L.M. PRETORIUS1, C.J. SWANEPOEL2
1Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Pretoria, South Africa
2Department of Quantitative Management, University of South A frica, South Africa

Abstract

For a countable bounded principal ideal poset \(P\) and a natural number \(r\), there exists a countable bounded principal ideal poset \(P’\) such that for an arbitrary \(r\)-colouring of the points (resp. two-chains) of \(P’\), a monochromatically embedded copy of \(P\) can be found in \(P’\). Moreover, a best possible upper bound for the height of \(P’\) in terms of \(r\) and the height of \(P\) is given.