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Multidimensional Kruskal-Katona theorem

Combinatorics 2011-11-08 v2

Abstract

We present a generalization of a version of the Kruskal-Katona theorem due to Lovasz. A shadow of a d-tuple (S_1,...,S_d) in binom{X}{r}^d consists of d-tuples (S_1',...,S_d') in binom{X}{r-1}^d obtained by removing one element from each of S_i. We show that if a family F in binom{X}{r}^d has size |F|=binom{x}{r}^d for a real number x>=r, then the shadow of F has size at least binom{x}{r-1}^d.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1009.2375,
  title  = {Multidimensional Kruskal-Katona theorem},
  author = {Boris Bukh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.2375},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

8 pages, 1 figure, typos fixed

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