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Applications of graph containers in the Boolean lattice

Combinatorics 2018-02-16 v4

Abstract

We apply the graph container method to prove a number of counting results for the Boolean lattice P(n)\mathcal P(n). In particular, we: (i) Give a partial answer to a question of Sapozhenko estimating the number of tt error correcting codes in P(n)\mathcal P(n), 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 P(n)\mathcal P(n) and give a two-coloured analogue; (iii) Give an asymptotic formula for the number of (p,q)(p,q)-tilted Sperner families in P(n)\mathcal P(n); (iv) Prove a random version of Katona's tt-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.

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@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}
}

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Added a note below Conjecture 7.8

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