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Maximal chain in a Boolean lattice

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A maximal chain in P([n]) contains one set of every cardinality from zero to n, with each set obtained from the preceding one by adding a single element.
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Uniformly random maximal chain in a Boolean lattice

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Maximal chain in a Boolean lattice
A uniformly random maximal chain is obtained from a uniformly random ordering of the ground set by taking its successive initial segments. A fixed h-element set occurs with probability (hn​)−1.

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