A twelve-element atomistic lattice answers Question 7.4
Abstract
A finite lattice separates weak and strong coset-likeness.
Definition 1.1 (The join-irreducible set).
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/Lattices/ShalaCosetLikeAtomisticLattice.J (✓ std3).
Citation. Besfort Shala (2024). The Probabilistic Zeta Function of a Finite Lattice. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.13766v6.
Commentary.
For a finite bounded lattice L, J is the finite set of elements satisfying Mathlib’s SupIrred predicate.
Definition 1.2 (Join-irreducibles below an element).
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/Lattices/ShalaCosetLikeAtomisticLattice.Jx (✓ std3).
Citation. Besfort Shala (2024). The Probabilistic Zeta Function of a Finite Lattice. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.13766v6.
Commentary.
Jx x filters J by the order relation j ≤ x.
Definition 1.3 (The atom-index ratio).
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/Lattices/ShalaCosetLikeAtomisticLattice.index (✓ std3).
Citation. Besfort Shala (2024). The Probabilistic Zeta Function of a Finite Lattice. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.13766v6.
Commentary.
index x is the rational ratio of the cardinality of J to the cardinality of Jx x.
Definition 1.4 (The probabilistic zeta function).
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/Lattices/ShalaCosetLikeAtomisticLattice.P (✓ std3).
Citation. Besfort Shala (2024). The Probabilistic Zeta Function of a Finite Lattice. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.13766v6.
Commentary.
P L s sums the upper-interval Möbius coefficients over all elements except bottom, weighted by the complex power of the rational index.
Definition 1.5 (Strong coset-likeness).
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/Lattices/ShalaCosetLikeAtomisticLattice.StronglyCosetLike (✓ std3).
Citation. Besfort Shala (2024). The Probabilistic Zeta Function of a Finite Lattice. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.13766v6.
Commentary.
Strong coset-likeness requires the cardinality of Jx x to divide the cardinality of J for every non-bottom element.
Definition 1.6 (Weak coset-likeness).
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/Lattices/ShalaCosetLikeAtomisticLattice.WeaklyCosetLike (✓ std3).
Citation. Besfort Shala (2024). The Probabilistic Zeta Function of a Finite Lattice. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.13766v6.
Commentary.
Weak coset-likeness requires P L s to have a finite ordinary Dirichlet-series representation with integer coefficients.
Definition 1.7 (The universal form of Question 7.4).
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/Lattices/ShalaCosetLikeAtomisticLattice.claim (✓ std3).
Citation. Besfort Shala (2024). The Probabilistic Zeta Function of a Finite Lattice. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.13766v6.
Commentary.
Question 7.4 asks verbatim: ‘Does there exist a weakly coset-like atomistic lattice that is not strongly coset-like?’ The formal claim is its universal negation: every finite atomistic weakly coset-like lattice is strongly coset-like.
Theorem 1.8 (The universal implication is false).
Proof. Machine-checked in Lean as D5/S3/Combinatorics/Lattices/ShalaCosetLikeAtomisticLattice.result (✓ std3). ∎
Resolves. Problems/shala-2024-coset-like-lattice-question-7-4 (refuted) by D5/S3/Combinatorics/Lattices/ShalaCosetLikeAtomisticLattice.result.
Source. Repository-derived.
Acknowledgement. Besfort Shala (2024). The Probabilistic Zeta Function of a Finite Lattice. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.13766v6.
Commentary.
With Ω = {1, …, 8}, X = {1, 2, 3} and A = {1, 2, 3, 4}, let L₄ = {∅, X, A, Ω} ∪ {{i} : i ∈ Ω}, ordered by inclusion. The elements p0, …, p7 correspond to the singletons {1}, …, {8}, x to X, a to A, bot to ∅ and top to Ω. This lattice has twelve elements, and its join-irreducibles are the eight singletons. Exactly three of them lie below X, and 3 does not divide 8. The upper Möbius coefficient of X vanishes, and the remaining terms give P L₄ s = 1 − 2^(−s) − 4·8^(−s), an ordinary Dirichlet series. Thus the lattice is weakly coset-like but not strongly coset-like, refuting the universal implication and answering the question affirmatively. The formal result uses this single lattice (m = 4); the uniform family for every m ≥ 4 is not formalized and remains open. The d-divisible partition-lattice question and minimality are not settled here.
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