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On increasing sequences formed by points from a random finite subset of a hypercube

Combinatorics 2025-07-15 v2

Abstract

Consider SS, a set of nn points chosen uniformly at random and independently from the unit hypercube of dimension t>2t>2. Order SS by using the Cartesian product of the tt standard orders of [0,1][0,1]. We determine a constant xˉ(t)<e\bar x(t)<e such that, with probability 1exp(Θ(\eps)n1/t)\ge 1-\exp(-\Theta(\eps)n^{1/t}), cardinality of a largest subset of comparable points is at most (xˉ(t)+\eps)n1/t(\bar x(t)+\eps)n^{1/t}. The bound xˉ(t)\bar x(t) complements an explicit lower bound obtained by Bollob\'as and Winkler in 1982. Furthermore, we use Dilworth's theorem on partitions of a set into chains to prove that the cardinality of a largest antichain, i. e. a largest subset of incomparable points, is at least (1\eps)(n/e)11/t(1-\eps) (n/e)^{1-1/t} with probability exponentially close to 11.

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@article{arxiv.2505.05365,
  title  = {On increasing sequences formed by points from a random finite subset of a hypercube},
  author = {Boris Pittel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.05365},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Revision: a section on a likely lower bound for the largest antichain size is added

R2 v1 2026-06-28T23:25:57.784Z