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An Erd\H{o}s-Ko-Rado type theorem for subgraphs of perfect matchings

Combinatorics 2024-07-25 v1

Abstract

Let MkM_k be a 2n2n-vertex graph with nn pairwise disjoint edges and let H(p,s)(n)\mathcal{H}^{(p,s)}(n) be the family of subsets of V(Mn)V(M_n) that span exactly pp edges and ss isolated vertices. We prove that for n2p+sn\ge 2p+s this family has the Erd\H{o}s--Ko--Rado property: the size of the largest intersecting family equals to the number of sets containing a fixed vertex. The bound n2p+sn\ge 2p+s is the best possible, improving a recent theorem with n2p+2sn\ge 2p+2s by Fuentes and Kamat.

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@article{arxiv.2407.17455,
  title  = {An Erd\H{o}s-Ko-Rado type theorem for subgraphs of perfect matchings},
  author = {Dániel T. Nagy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.17455},
  year   = {2024}
}

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