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A recursive Lov\'asz theta number for simplex-avoiding sets

Combinatorics 2022-05-25 v2 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We recursively extend the Lov\'asz theta number to geometric hypergraphs on the unit sphere and on Euclidean space, obtaining an upper bound for the independence ratio of these hypergraphs. As an application we reprove a result in Euclidean Ramsey theory in the measurable setting, namely that every kk-simplex is exponentially Ramsey, and we improve existing bounds for the base of the exponential.

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@article{arxiv.2106.09360,
  title  = {A recursive Lov\'asz theta number for simplex-avoiding sets},
  author = {Davi Castro-Silva and Fernando Mário de Oliveira Filho and Lucas Slot and Frank Vallentin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.09360},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

(v2) 14 pages, 3 figures, background information on Euclidean Ramsey theory added

R2 v1 2026-06-24T03:18:23.059Z