On the Euler characteristic of finite distributive lattices
pp. 145-166
in: Ernesto Damiani, Vincenzo Marra, Fabrizio Palombi (eds), From combinatorics to philosophy, Berlin, Springer, 2009Abstract
Some relationships between the structure of a finite distributive lattice and the algebraic or combinatorial properties of its Euler characteristic χ are investigated. Furthermore, the combinatorial meaning of χ is obtained in the particular cases of subhypergraph lattices, of dual Gödel lattices and of tree-map lattices.