Applications of graph containers in the Boolean lattice
Abstract
We apply the graph container method to prove a number of counting results for the Boolean lattice . In particular, we: (i) Give a partial answer to a question of Sapozhenko estimating the number of error correcting codes in , and we also give an upper bound on the number of transportation codes; (ii) Provide an alternative proof of Kleitman's theorem on the number of antichains in and give a two-coloured analogue; (iii) Give an asymptotic formula for the number of -tilted Sperner families in ; (iv) Prove a random version of Katona's -intersection theorem. In each case, to apply the container method, we first prove corresponding supersaturation results. We also give a construction which disproves two conjectures of Ilinca and Kahn on maximal independent sets and antichains in the Boolean lattice. A number of open questions are also given.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1602.05870,
title = {Applications of graph containers in the Boolean lattice},
author = {Jozsef Balogh and Andrew Treglown and Adam Zsolt Wagner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.05870},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
Added a note below Conjecture 7.8