# we-solve research prompt: Math-2099, "1/3 - 2/3 Conjecture" For every poset that is not a chain, there is some pair of elements x and y so that x appears abo

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/1-3-2-3-conjecture-for-every-poset-that-is-not-a-chain-there-is-some-pair-of-elements-x-and-y-so-that-x-appears-abo/).

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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 3100045; source catalogue code AMR-030-0045
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\section*{"1/3 - 2/3 Conjecture" For every poset that is not a chain, there is some pair of elements x and y so that x appears abo}\label{3100045}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3100045 · AMR-030-0045 · Combinatorics · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
A linear extension of a finite poset $P=(X,\le_P)$ is a total
ordering of $X$ in which $x<_P y$ always places $x$ before $y$.
Let $\mathcal L(P)$ be the finite nonempty set of all linear
extensions and choose $L$ uniformly from it. For distinct
elements $x,y\in X$, define
\[
 p_P(x,y)=\Pr[x\text{ precedes }y\text{ in }L]
        =\frac{|\{L\in\mathcal L(P):x\text{ precedes }y\}|}
                    {|\mathcal L(P)|}.
\]
The one-third--two-thirds conjecture asserts that every finite
poset which is not a total order has an incomparable pair $x,y$
with
\[
                       \frac13\le p_P(x,y)\le\frac23.
\]
Both endpoints are included, and the same pair must satisfy both
bounds. Reversing the pair replaces the probability by its
complement, so the assertion does not depend on how the pair is
named.

Uniformity is over all linear extensions, not over the successive
choices of currently minimal elements in an arbitrary sampling
procedure; such a procedure need not produce the uniform law.
Comparable elements have probability zero or one and therefore
cannot be the required pair. Excluding total orders is necessary
because they have no incomparable pairs. The conjecture concerns
existence for every non-chain poset, without a bound on its width,
height, or number of elements.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Must every finite poset that is not a total order have an incomparable pair whose relative order has probability between one third and two thirds?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3100045 (AMR-030-0045), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Cooper - Combinatorial Problems I Like (2020 snapshot), Matroids, Lattices, and Posets, source-order bullet 45. Original source indexed by AMR-030-0045.
\url{https://people.math.sc.edu/cooper/combprob.html}.
\end{itemize}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-030-0045

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

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Problem: TOP-3100045
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
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