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Saturation of multidimensional 0-1 matrices

Combinatorics 2022-08-29 v1

Abstract

A 0-1 matrix MM is saturating for a 0-1 matrix PP if MM does not contain a submatrix that can be turned into PP by flipping any number of its 11-entries to 00-entries, and changing any 00-entry to 11-entry of MM introduces a copy of PP. Matrix MM is semisaturating for PP if changing any 00-entry to 11-entry of MM introduces a new copy of PP, regardless of whether MM originally contains PP or not. The functions ex(n;P)ex(n;P) and sat(n;P)sat(n;P) are the maximum and minimum possible number of 11-entries a n×nn\times n 0-1 matrix saturating for PP can have, respectively. Function ssat(n;P)ssat(n;P) is the minimum possible number of 11-entries a n×nn\times n 0-1 matrix semisaturating for PP can have. Function ex(n;P)ex(n;P) has been studied for decades, while investigation on sat(n;P)sat(n;P) and ssat(n;P)ssat(n;P) was initiated recently. In this paper, we make nontrivial generalization of results regarding these functions to multidimensional 0-1 matrices. In particular, we find the exact values of ex(n;P,d)ex(n;P,d) and sat(n;P,d)sat(n;P,d) when PP is a dd-dimensional identity matrix. Then we give the necessary and sufficient condition for a multidimensional 0-1 matrix to have bounded semisaturation function.

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@article{arxiv.2208.12682,
  title  = {Saturation of multidimensional 0-1 matrices},
  author = {Shen-Fu Tsai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.12682},
  year   = {2022}
}
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