Exact antichain saturation numbers via a generalisation of a result of Lehman-Ron
Exact antichain saturation numbers via a generalisation of a result of Lehman-Ron
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通过 Lehman-Ron 结果的概括得到精确的反链饱和数
DOI:
10.5817/cz.muni.eurocomb23-017
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发表时间:
2022
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Tom Johnston
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P. Bastide;C. Groenland;Hugo Jacob;Tom Johnston
For given positive integers $k$ and $n$, a family $\mathcal{F}$ of subsets of $\{1,\dots,n\}$ is $k$-antichain saturated if it does not contain an antichain of size $k$, but adding any set to $\mathcal{F}$ creates an antichain of size $k$. We use sat$^*(n, k)$ to denote the smallest size of such a family. For all $k$ and sufficiently large $n$, we determine the exact value of sat$^*(n, k)$. Our result implies that sat$^*(n, k)=n(k-1)-\Theta(k\log k)$, which confirms several conjectures on antichain saturation. Previously, exact values for sat$^*(n,k)$ were only known for $k$ up to $6$. We also prove a strengthening of a result of Lehman-Ron which may be of independent interest. We show that given $m$ disjoint chains in the Boolean lattice, we can create $m$ disjoint skipless chains that cover the same elements (where we call a chain skipless if any two consecutive elements differ in size by exactly one). The complete version of the paper can be found here \cite{antichainsaturation}.
DOI:
10.37256/cm.3220221333
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2022
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Contemporary Mathematics
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Ivan M
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Ivan M