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A note on explicit constructions of designs

Combinatorics 2021-06-11 v1

Abstract

An (n,r,s)(n,r,s)-system is an rr-uniform hypergraph on nn vertices such that every pair of edges has an intersection of size less than ss. Using probabilistic arguments, R\"{o}dl and \v{S}i\v{n}ajov\'{a} showed that for all fixed integers r>s2r> s \ge 2, there exists an (n,r,s)(n,r,s)-system with independence number O(n1δ+o(1))O\left(n^{1-\delta+o(1)}\right) for some optimal constant δ>0\delta >0 only related to rr and ss. We show that for certain pairs (r,s)(r,s) with sr/2s\le r/2 there exists an explicit construction of an (n,r,s)(n,r,s)-system with independence number O(n1ϵ)O\left(n^{1-\epsilon}\right), where ϵ>0\epsilon > 0 is an absolute constant only related to rr and ss. Previously this was known only for s>r/2s>r/2 by results of Chattopadhyay and Goodman

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@article{arxiv.2106.05347,
  title  = {A note on explicit constructions of designs},
  author = {Xizhi Liu and Dhruv Mubayi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.05347},
  year   = {2021}
}

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9 pages

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