The covering radius problem for sets of perfect matchings
Abstract
Consider the family of all perfect matchings of the complete graph with vertices. Given any collection of perfect matchings of size , there exists a maximum number such that if , then there exists a perfect matching that agrees with each perfect matching in in at most edges. We use probabilistic arguments to give several lower bounds for . We also apply the Lov\'asz local lemma to find a function such that if each edge appears at most times then there exists a perfect matching that agrees with each perfect matching in in at most edges. This is an analogue of an extremal result vis-\'a-vis the covering radius of sets of permutations, which was studied by Cameron and Wanless (cf. \cite{cameron}), and Keevash and Ku (cf. \cite{ku}). We also conclude with a conjecture of a more general problem in hypergraph matchings.
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@article{arxiv.1009.0810,
title = {The covering radius problem for sets of perfect matchings},
author = {Cheng Yeaw Ku and Alan J. Aw},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.0810},
year = {2021}
}
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10 pages