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Intersecting Families of Separated Sets

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We prove a conjecture due to Holroyd and Johnson that an analogue of the Erdos-Ko-Rado theorem holds for k-separated sets. In particular this determines the independence number of the vertex-critical subgraph of the Kneser graph identified by Schrijver, the collection of separated sets.

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@article{arxiv.math/0211314,
  title  = {Intersecting Families of Separated Sets},
  author = {John Talbot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0211314},
  year   = {2007}
}

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21 pages. To appear in the Journal of the London Mathematical Society