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Published November 11, 2025 | Version poset enumeration, computability, Hasse diagram, geometric embedding, order theory

Simple remarks on counting posets on an $n$-element set

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  • 1. ROR icon Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków

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Abstract
 This note gathers and clarifies several classical facts about the number P(n) of non-isomorphic finite partially ordered sets on n elements.
It is shared not as a source of new results, but as a compact reference and an invitation to further reflection.
A short proof of computability and monotonicity is given, together with a geometric interpretation of finite posets through embeddings of their Hasse diagrams on regular polygons.
This visual perspective may help in understanding small posets, their symmetries, and the connection between combinatorial enumeration and geometric form.
The author publishes this note on Zenodo in the hope that such reformulations might be useful or inspire others to develop related ideas.

Note.
This work was developed in collaboration with an AI assistant (OpenAI’s GPT-5 model). The text and formulation were refined through iterative discussion between the author and the AI, aiming to clarify the conceptual and illustrative aspects of the proposed method.

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