Level generating polynomials #
For a closure operator on a finite ground type, the manuscript records the number of closed sets at each cardinality level in a polynomial. This file defines that invariant independently of the later module-theoretic instantiations.
The number of closed sets having cardinality n.
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The cardinality generating polynomial of the closed-set lattice.
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The coefficient of X ^ n is the number of closed sets at level
n.
Evaluating the level polynomial at one counts all closed sets.
Equality of level polynomials is equivalent to equality at every cardinality level.
Enumerating the closed sets by a finite type rewrites the level polynomial as the corresponding cardinality sum.
If the enumerating parameter carries an explicit size statistic, that statistic is the exponent in the level polynomial.
No subset of a finite ground type can occur above its cardinality.
Equality through the bottom and top four levels determines the entire level polynomial when the ground set has at most nine elements.