Abstract:
We study the complexity $L(M_n)$ of algorithms for sorting the partially ordered set
$M_n$, which is isomorphic to the Cartesian product
$$
K_1\times\ldots\times K_n,
$$
where all $K_i$ are taken from some finite family, have a unique maximum element, and
are prime with respect to the Cartesian product. For the set
$\{M_n\}$, as $n\to\infty$, we obtain the estimates
\begin{align*}
L(M_n)&\gtrsim|M_n|\log_{2}|M_n|,
\\
L(M_n)&\lesssim(|K_1|+\ldots+|K_n|)|M_n|.
\end{align*}
Besides, we prove that for a partially ordered set with one maximum element
the Cartesian decomposition into
prime factors is unique up to a permutation of the factors.