English

Choice Functions

Combinatorics 2021-07-28 v1

Abstract

This is a survey paper on rainbow sets (another name for ``choice functions''). The main theme is the distinction between two types of choice functions: those having a large (in the sense of belonging to some specified filter, namely closed up set of sets) image, and those that have a large domain and small image, where ``smallness'' means belonging to some specified complex (a closed-down set). The paper contains some new results: (1) theorems on scrambled versions, in which the sets are re-shuffled before choosing the rainbow set, and (2) results on weighted and cooperative versions - to be defined below.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2107.12881,
  title  = {Choice Functions},
  author = {Ron Aharoni and Joseph Briggs},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.12881},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

23 pages, survey paper

R2 v1 2026-06-24T04:34:02.352Z