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Conflict free colorings of (strongly) almost disjoint set-systems

Logic 2010-04-02 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

A set-system XX is a (λ,κ,μ)(\lambda, \kappa,\mu)-system iff X=λ|X|=\lambda, x=κ|x|=\kappa for each xXx\in X, and XX is μ\mu-almost disjoint. We write [λ,κ,μ]>ρ[\lambda, \kappa, \mu] -> \rho iff every (λ,κ,μ)(\lambda, \kappa,\mu)-system has a "conflict free coloring with ρ\rho colors", i.e. there is a coloring of the elements of X\cup X withρ\rho colors such that for each element xx of XX there is a color ξ<ρ\xi<\rho such that exactly one element of xx has color ξ\xi. Our main object of study is the relation [λ,κ,μ]>ρ[\lambda, \kappa, \mu] -> \rho. We give full description of this relation when κ\kappa is finite. We also show that if dd is a natural number then [λ,κ,d]>ω[\lambda,\kappa,d]-> \omega always holds. Under GCH we prove that [λ,κ,ω]>ω2[\lambda,\kappa,\omega]-> \omega_2 holds for κ>ω1\kappa>\omega_1, but the relation [λ,κ,ω]>ω1[\lambda,\kappa,\omega]-> \omega_1 is independent (modulo some large cardinals).

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@article{arxiv.1004.0181,
  title  = {Conflict free colorings of (strongly) almost disjoint set-systems},
  author = {András Hajnal and István Juhász and Lajos Soukup and Zoltán Szentmiklóssy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.0181},
  year   = {2010}
}

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