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On the number of families avoiding a subposet

Combinatorics 2026-03-25 v1

Abstract

In this paper we show that for any poset PP that is not an antichain, the number of induced PP-free families in the Boolean lattice 2[n]2^{[n]} is at most 2O(La(n,P)) 2^{O(\mathrm{La}^*(n,P))}, where La(n,P)\mathrm{La}^*(n,P) denotes the the largest size of an induced PP-free subfamily of 2[n]2^{[n]}. We also obtain related supersaturation results.

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@article{arxiv.2603.23431,
  title  = {On the number of families avoiding a subposet},
  author = {Tao Jiang and Sean Longbrake and Liana Yepremyan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.23431},
  year   = {2026}
}

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14 pages