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Trees with minimum number of infima closed sets

Combinatorics 2021-12-16 v2

Abstract

Let TT be a rooted tree, and V(T)V(T) its set of vertices. A subset XX of V(T)V(T) is called an infima closed set of TT if for any two vertices u,vXu,v\in X, the first common ancestor of uu and vv is also in XX. This paper determines the trees with minimum number of infima closed sets among all rooted trees of given order, thereby answering a question of Klazar. It is shown that these trees are essentially complete binary trees, with the exception of vertices at the last levels. Moreover, an asymptotic estimate for the minimum number of infima closed sets in a tree with nn vertices is also provided.

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@article{arxiv.2008.10225,
  title  = {Trees with minimum number of infima closed sets},
  author = {Eric Ould Dadah Andriantiana and Stephan Wagner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.10225},
  year   = {2021}
}

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25 pages, 18 Figures, 3 tables

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