The finite order on endpoint-polarized detector words #
Route signs read a word from its fixed target toward its source. The order places a positive child below its parent, its parent below an inverse child, and compares two branches at their first differing sign. Ringel's word subspace inclusions then show that distinct detector intervals avoid one another.
The three-valued digit used to realize the in-order route comparison as an ordinary lexicographic order: positive is below the terminal marker and inverse is above it.
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A lexicographic key for the in-order source-extension comparison.
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The canonical finite-word order is the ordinary lexicographic order on the three-valued route key.
In-order comparison of two routes in the source-extension tree. A positive descendant is below its ancestor, an inverse descendant is above its ancestor, and a positive branch is below an inverse branch at their first split.
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Prefixing the same route sign preserves the in-order comparison.
The recursive route comparison implies lexicographic comparison of the three-valued route keys.
Any two Boolean routes are equal or comparable in exactly one of the two in-order directions.
The strict order on endpoint words induced by their route signs.
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Fixed-endpoint words are equal or comparable in the two word-order directions.
The explicit recursive word comparison is the strict canonical order.
Ringel's word-order implication: if C < D, then the upper endpoint of
the interval of C lies below the lower endpoint of the interval of D.
Distinct fixed-endpoint word intervals avoid one another.