Homotopy Type and Euler Characteristic of Partially Ordered Sets

Many results about the homotopy type of posets can be conveniently proved using one topological theorem due to Quillen. This paper contains a proof of that theorem and several applications. Also included is a purely combinatorial theorem which is closely related to Quillen's theorem and which generalizes Rota's Galois connection theorem.

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