Two problems on matchings in set families - In the footsteps of Erdős and Kleitman
Two problems on matchings in set families - In the footsteps of Erdős and Kleitman
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10.1016/j.jctb.2019.02.004
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2016-07
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P. Frankl;A. Kupavskii
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作者:
P. Frankl;A. Kupavskii
Abstract The families F 1,…, F s⊂ 2 [n] are called q-dependent if there are no pairwise disjoint F 1∈ F 1,…, F s∈ F s satisfying| F 1∪…∪ F s|≤ q. We determine max| F 1|+…+| F s| for all values n≥ q, s≥ 2. The result provides a far-reaching generalization of an important classical result of Kleitman. The well-known Erdős Matching Conjecture suggests the largest size of a family F⊂([n] k) with no s pairwise disjoint sets. After more than 50 years its full solution is still not in sight. In the present paper we provide a Hilton–Milner-type stability theorem for the Erdős Matching Conjecture in a relatively wide range, in particular, for n≥(2+ o (1)) s k with o (1) depending on s only. This is a considerable improvement of a classical result due to Bollobás, Daykin and Erdős. We apply our results to advance in the following anti-Ramsey-type problem, proposed by Özkahya and Young. Let a r (n, k, s) be the minimum number x of colors such that in any coloring of the k-element subsets of [n] with x (non-empty) colors there is a rainbow matching of size s, that is, s sets of different colors that are pairwise disjoint. We prove a stability result for the problem, which allows to determine a r (n, k, s) for all k≥ 3 and n≥ s k+(s− 1)(k− 1). Some other consequences of our results are presented as well.