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On sizes of 1-cross intersecting set pair systems

Combinatorics 2021-04-20 v1

Abstract

Let {(Ai,Bi)}i=1m\{(A_i,B_i)\}_{i=1}^m be a set pair system. F\"{u}redi, Gy\'{a}rf\'{a}s and Kir\'{a}ly called it {\em 11-cross intersecting} if AiBj|A_i\cap B_j| is 11 when iji\neq j and 00 if i=ji=j. They studied such systems and their generalizations, and in particular considered m(a,b,1)m(a,b,1) -- the maximum size of a 11-cross intersecting set pair system in which Aia|A_i|\leq a and Bib|B_i|\leq b for all ii. F\"{u}redi, Gy\'{a}rf\'{a}s and Kir\'{a}ly proved that m(n,n,1)5(n1)/2m(n,n,1)\geq 5^{(n-1)/2} and asked whether there are upper bounds on m(n,n,1)m(n,n,1) significantly better than the classical bound (2nn){2n\choose n} of Bollob\' as for cross intersecting set pair systems. Answering one of their questions, Holzman recently proved that if a,b2a,b\geq 2, then m(a,b,1)2930(a+ba)m(a,b,1)\leq \frac{29}{30}\binom{a+b}{a}. He also conjectured that the factor 2930\frac{29}{30} in his bound can be replaced by 56\frac{5}{6}. The goal of this paper is to prove this bound.

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@article{arxiv.2104.08562,
  title  = {On sizes of 1-cross intersecting set pair systems},
  author = {Alexandr V. Kostochka and Grace McCourt and Mina Nahvi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.08562},
  year   = {2021}
}
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