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An induced subposet $(P_2,\le_2)$ of a poset $(P_1,\le_1)$ is a subset of $P_1$ such that for every two $X,Y\in P_2$, $X\le_2 Y$ if and only if $X\le_1 Y$. The Boolean lattice $Q_n$ of dimension $n$ is the poset consisting of all subsets of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-06 Christian Winter

We asymptotically determine the size of the largest family F of subsets of {1,...,n} not containing a given poset P if the Hasse diagram of P is a tree. This is a qualitative generalization of several known results including Sperner's…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-11-21 Boris Bukh

Given a finite poset $\mathcal P$, we say that a family $\mathcal F$ of subsets of $[n]$ is $\mathcal P$-saturated if $\mathcal F$ does not contain an induced copy of $\mathcal P$, but adding any other set to $\mathcal F$ creates an induced…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-15 Maria-Romina Ivan , Sean Jaffe

For a fixed poset $P$, a family $\mathcal F$ of subsets of $[n]$ is induced $P$-saturated if $\mathcal F$ does not contain an induced copy of $P$, but for every subset $S$ of $[n]$ such that $ S\not \in \mathcal F$, $P$ is an induced…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-05 Andrea Freschi , Simón Piga , Maryam Sharifzadeh , Andrew Treglown

Given partially ordered sets (posets) $(P, \leq_P)$ and $(P', \leq_{P'})$, we say that $P'$ contains a copy of $P$ if for some injective function $f: P\rightarrow P'$ and for any $X, Y\in P$, $X\leq _P Y$ if and only of $f(X)\leq_{P'}…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-10-18 Maria Axenovich , Christian Winter

A subposet $Q'$ of a poset $Q$ is a \textit{copy of a poset} $P$ if there is a bijection $f$ between elements of $P$ and $Q'$ such that $x \le y$ in $P$ iff $f(x) \le f(y)$ in $Q'$. For posets $P, P'$, let the \textit{poset Ramsey number}…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-20 Linyuan Lu , Joshua C. Thompson

Given a poset $P$, a family $F$ of elements in the Boolean lattice is said to be $P$-saturated if (1) $F$ contains no copy of $P$ as a subposet and (2) every proper superset of $F$ contains a copy of $P$ as a subposet. The maximum size of a…

We address a supersaturation problem in the context of forbidden subposets. A family $\mathcal{F}$ of sets is said to contain the poset $P$ if there is an injection $i:P \rightarrow \mathcal{F}$ such that $p \le_P q$ implies $i(p) \subset i…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-07-07 Balazs Patkos

Given a finite poset $\mathcal P$, we say that a family $\mathcal F$ of subsets of $[n]$ is $\mathcal P$-saturated if $\mathcal F$ does not contain an induced copy of $\mathcal P$, but adding any other set to $\mathcal F$ creates an induced…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Maria-Romina Ivan , Sean Jaffe

Given a finite poset $P$, we consider the largest size $\lanp$ of a family $\F$ of subsets of $[n]:=\{1,...,n\}$ that contains no subposet $P$. This continues the study of the asymptotic growth of $\lanp$; it has been conjectured that for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-23 Jerrold R. Griggs , Wei-Tian Li

Given partially ordered sets (posets) $(P, \leq_P)$ and $(P', \leq_{P'})$, we say that $P'$ contains a copy of $P$ if for some injective function $f\colon P\rightarrow P'$ and for any $A, B\in P$, $A\leq _P B$ if and only if $f(A)\leq_{P'}…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-06 Maria Axenovich , Christian Winter

A poset $(P',\le_{P'})$ contains a copy of some other poset $(P,\le_P)$ if there is an injection $f\colon P'\to P$ where for every $X,Y\in P$, $X\le_P Y$ if and only if $f(X)\le_{P'} f(Y)$. For any posets $P$ and $Q$, the poset Ramsey…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-04-08 Christian Winter

Suppose $k \ge 2$ is an integer. Let $Y_k$ be the poset with elements $x_1, x_2, y_1, y_2, \ldots, y_{k-1}$ such that $y_1 < y_2 < \cdots < y_{k-1} < x_1, x_2$ and let $Y_k'$ be the same poset but all relations reversed. We say that a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-03-19 Gyula O. H. Katona , Jimeng Xiao

We consider the problem of determining the maximum number of pairs $F\subseteq F'$ in a family $\mathcal{F}\subseteq 2^{[n]}$ that avoids certain posets $P$ of height 2. We show that for any such $P$ the number of pairs is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-17 Dániel Nagy , Balázs Patkós

We develop a powerful tool for embedding any tree poset $P$ of height $k$ in the Boolean lattice which allows us to solve several open problems in the area. We show that: * If $H$ is a family in $B_n$ with $|H|\ge (q-1+\varepsilon){n\choose…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Tao Jiang , Sean Longbrake , Sam Spiro , Liana Yepremyan

A poset $(Q,\le_Q)$ contains an induced copy of a poset $(P,\le_P)$ if there exists an injective mapping $\phi\colon P\to Q$ such that for any two elements $X,Y\in P$, $X\le_P Y$ if and only if $\phi(X)\le_Q \phi(Y)$. By $Q_n$ we denote the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-22 Maria Axenovich , Christian Winter

A balanced pattern of order $2d$ is an element $P \in \{+,-\}^{2d}$, where both signs appear $d$ times. Two sets $A,B \subset [n]$ form $P$-pattern, which we denote by $\operatorname{pat}(A,B) = P$, if $A\triangle B = \{j_1,\ldots…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-10-20 Ilan Karpas , Eoin Long

We say that a poset $Q$ contains a copy (resp.~an induced copy) of a poset $P$ if there is an injection $f : P \to Q$ such that for any $x,y \in P$, $f(x)\leq f(y)$ in $Q$ if (resp.~if and only if) $x\leq y$ in $P$. Let $\mathcal{Q}=\{Q_{n}…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-17 Gyula O. H. Katona , Yaping Mao , Kenta Ozeki , Zhao Wang

For each finite poset $F$ with $|F| > 1$, $\chi_{ac}(F)$ denotes the smallest integer $n$ (if it exists) such that the elements of every finite poset $P$ with $|P| > 1$ can be coloured with at most $n$ colours so that every maximal $F$-free…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-12 Bill Sands

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

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Tao Jiang , Sean Longbrake , Liana Yepremyan