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For classes O of structures on finite linear orders (permutations, ordered graphs etc.) endowed with containment order cont (containment of permutations, subgraph relation etc.), we investigate restrictions on the function f(n) counting…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Martin Klazar

We show that for any union-closed family $\mathcal{F} \subseteq 2^{[n]}, \mathcal{F} \neq \{\emptyset\}$, there exists an $i \in [n]$ which is contained in a $0.01$ fraction of the sets in $\mathcal{F}$. This is the first known constant…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-29 Justin Gilmer

The height gap theorem states that the finite subsets $F$ of matrices generating non-virtually solvable groups have normalized height $\widehat{h}(F)$ bounded below by a constant. It was first proved by Breuillard and another proof was…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-31 Mikhail Belolipetsky , Sebastian Hurtado

Given a finite poset P, we consider the largest size La(n,P) of a family of subsets of $[n]:=\{1,...,n\}$ that contains no subposet P. This problem has been studied intensively in recent years, and it is conjectured that $\pi(P):=…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-09-07 Jerrold R. Griggs , Wei-Tian Li , Linyuan Lu

A family $\mbox{$\cal F$}=\{F_1,\ldots,F_m\}$ of subsets of $[n]$ is said to be ordered, if there exists an $1\leq r\leq m$ index such that $n\in F_i$ for each $1\leq i\leq r$, $n\notin F_i$ for each $i>r$ and $|F_i|\leq |F_j|$ for each…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-08 Gábor Hegedüs

The Boolean lattice $\mathcal{P}(n)$ consists of all subsets of $[n] = \{1,\dots, n\}$ partially ordered under the containment relation. Sperner's Theorem states that the largest antichain of the Boolean lattice is given by a middle layer:…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-22 József Balogh , Robert A. Krueger

A family of sets is called union-closed if whenever $A$ and $B$ are sets of the family, so is $A\cup B$. The long-standing union-closed conjecture states that if a family of subsets of $[n]$ is union-closed, some element appears in at least…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Tom Eccles

In this note, we determine the maximum size of a $\{V_{k}, \Lambda_{l}\}$-free family in the lattice of vector subspaces of a finite vector space both in the non-induced case as well as the induced case, for a large range of parameters $k$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-10-10 Jimeng Xiao , Casey Tompkins

An ordered graph is a graph with a linear ordering on its vertex set. We prove that for every positive integer $k$, there exists a constant $c_k>0$ such that any ordered graph $G$ on $n$ vertices with the property that neither $G$ nor its…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-04-10 János Pach , István Tomon

Let us fix a prime $p$. The Erd\H{o}s-Ginzburg-Ziv problem asks for the minimum integer $s$ such that any collection of $s$ points in the lattice $\mathbb{Z}^n$ contains $p$ points whose centroid is also a lattice point in $\mathbb{Z}^n$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-06-30 Lisa Sauermann

In this paper, we prove that there exists an absolute constant $g_0$ such that, for every integer $k\ge 3$, every graph $G$ with $\delta(G)\ge k$ and $g(G)\ge g_0$ contains an induced subdivision of $K_{k+1}$. This answers, in a strong…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Peiru Kuang , Yan Wang

In 1996, Reed, Robertson, Seymour and Thomas [Combinatorica 1996] proved Younger's Conjecture, which states that, for all directed graphs $D$, there exists a function $f$ such that, if $D$ does not contain $k$ disjoint cycles, then $D$…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-02-18 Meike Hatzel , Stephan Kreutzer , Marcelo Garlet Milani , Irene Muzi

Fix $\varepsilon>0$ and a nonnull graph $H$. A well-known theorem of R\"odl from the 80s says that every graph $G$ with no induced copy of $H$ contains a linear-sized $\varepsilon$-restricted set $S\subseteq V(G)$, which means $S$ induces a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-21 Tung H. Nguyen

Given a $k\times l$ $(0,1)$-matrix $F$, we denote by $\mathrm{fs}(m,F)$ the largest number for which there is an $m \times \mathrm{fs}(m,F)$ $(0,1)$-matrix with no repeated columns and no induced submatrix equal to $F$. A conjecture of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-01-10 Arès Méroueh

A graph is called odd if all of its vertex degrees are odd. A long-standing conjecture asked whether there exists a positive constant $c$ such that every $n$-vertex graph without isolated vertices contains an odd induced subgraph on at…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-20 Jiangdong Ai , Qiwen Guo , Gregory Gutin , Yiming Hao , Anders Yeo

For a family $\mathcal{F}$ of subsets of [n]=\{1, 2, ..., n} ordered by inclusion, and a partially ordered set P, we say that $\mathcal{F}$ is P-free if it does not contain a subposet isomorphic to P. Let $ex(n, P)$ be the largest size of a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-05-24 Maria Axenovich , Jacob Manske , Ryan R. Martin

Let $\hom(G)$ denote the size of the largest clique or independent set of a graph $G$. In 2007, Bukh and Sudakov proved that every $n$-vertex graph $G$ with $\hom(G) = O(\log n)$ contains an induced subgraph with $\Omega(n^{1/2})$ distinct…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-06-29 Bhargav Narayanan , István Tomon

Given a function $p : V(G)\to \mathbb N$ and an integer $k\ge 0$, define $p_k(G)$ as the number of vertices with $p(v)\ge k$. We say that $p_k(G)$ is bounded for all $\HH$-free graphs if there exists a constant $c=c(\HH)$ such that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-05 Jin Sun , Xinmin Hou

A graph $G$ has $p$-intersection number at most $d$ if it is possible to assign to every vertex $u$ of $G$, a subset $S(u)$ of some ground set $U$ with $|U|=d$ in such a way that distinct vertices $u$ and $v$ of $G$ are adjacent in $G$ if…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-07-16 Claudson F. Bornstein , Jose W. C. Pinto , Dieter Rautenbach , Jayme L. Szwarcfiter

Let $t\ge 1$ be a given integer. Let ${\cal F}$ be a family of subsets of $[m]=\{1,2,\ldots,m\}$. Assume that for every pair of disjoint sets $S,T\subset [m]$ with $|S|=|T|=k$, there do not exist $2t$ sets in ${\cal F}$ where $t$ subsets of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-05-06 Richard P. Anstee , Linyuan Lu