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Minimizing the regularity of maximal regular antichains of 2- and 3-sets

Combinatorics 2015-12-15 v3

Abstract

Let n3n\geqslant 3 be a natural number. We study the problem to find the smallest rr such that there is a family A\mathcal{A} of 2-subsets and 3-subsets of [n]={1,2,...,n}[n]=\{1,2,...,n\} with the following properties: (1) A\mathcal{A} is an antichain, i.e. no member of A\mathcal A is a subset of any other member of A\mathcal A, (2) A\mathcal A is maximal, i.e. for every X2[n]AX\in 2^{[n]}\setminus\mathcal A there is an AAA\in\mathcal A with XAX\subseteq A or AXA\subseteq X, and (3) A\mathcal A is rr-regular, i.e. every point x[n]x\in[n] is contained in exactly rr members of A\mathcal A. We prove lower bounds on rr, and we describe constructions for regular maximal antichains with small regularity.

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@article{arxiv.1206.3752,
  title  = {Minimizing the regularity of maximal regular antichains of 2- and 3-sets},
  author = {Thomas Kalinowski and Uwe Leck and Christian Reiher and Ian T. Roberts},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.3752},
  year   = {2015}
}

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