English

The union-closed sets conjecture almost holds for almost all random bipartite graphs

Combinatorics 2013-03-01 v1

Abstract

Frankl's union-closed sets conjecture states that in every finite union-closed set of sets, there is an element that is contained in at least half of the member-sets (provided there are at least two members). The conjecture has an equivalent formulation in terms of graphs: In every bipartite graph with least one edge, both colour classes contain a vertex belonging to at most half of the maximal stable sets. We prove that, for every fixed edge-probability, almost every random bipartite graph almost satisfies Frankl's conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.1302.7141,
  title  = {The union-closed sets conjecture almost holds for almost all random bipartite graphs},
  author = {Henning Bruhn and Oliver Schaudt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.7141},
  year   = {2013}
}
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