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Denote by $K_p(n,k)$ the random subgraph of the usual Kneser graph $K(n,k)$ in which edges appear independently, each with probability $p$. Answering a question of Bollob\'as, Narayanan, and Raigorodskii,we show that there is a fixed $p<1$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-02-20 Pat Devlin , Jeff Kahn

In this note, we investigate some properties of local Kneser graphs defined in [8]. In this regard, as a generalization of the Erd${\rm \ddot{o}}$s-Ko-Rado theorem, we characterize the maximum independent sets of local Kneser graphs. Next,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-02-24 Meysam Alishahi , Hossein Hajiabolhassan , Ali Taherkhani

The classical Erd\H os-Ko-Rado (EKR) Theorem states that if we choose a family of subsets, each of size (k), from a fixed set of size (n (n > 2k)), then the largest possible pairwise intersecting family has size (t ={n-1\choose k-1}). We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-04-12 Anna Celaya , Anant P. Godbole , Mandy Rae Schleifer

We proved that for any finite collection of sparse subgraphs $(D_m)_{m=1}^\ell$ of the complete graph $K_{2n}$, and a uniformly chosen perfect matching $R$ in $K_{2n}$, the random vector $(|E(R \cap D_m)|)_{m=1}^\ell$ jointly converges to a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Boqing Deng

For a graph G and integer r \geq 1 we denote the family of independent r-sets of V(G) by I^{(r)}(G). A graph G is said to be r-EKR if no intersecting subfamily of I^{(r)}(G) is larger than the largest such family all of whose members…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Fred Holroyd , John Talbot

The celebrated Erd\H{o}s-Ko-Rado (EKR) theorem for Paley graphs (of square order) states that all maximum cliques are canonical in the sense that each maximum clique arises from the subfield construction. Recently, Asgarli and Yip extended…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-02 Chi Hoi Yip

A subset in a group $G \leq Sym(n)$ is intersecting if for any pair of permutations $\pi,\sigma$ in the subset there is an $i \in \{1,2,\dots,n\}$ such that $\pi(i) = \sigma(i)$. If the stabilizer of a point is the largest intersecting set…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-11-28 Bahman Ahmadi , Karen Meagher

Many important theorems in combinatorics, such as Szemer\'edi's theorem on arithmetic progressions and the Erd\H{o}s-Stone Theorem in extremal graph theory, can be phrased as statements about independent sets in uniform hypergraphs. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-03-24 József Balogh , Robert Morris , Wojciech Samotij

A family of independent $r$-sets of a graph $G$ is an $r$-star if every set in the family contains some fixed vertex $v$. A graph is $r$-EKR if the maximum size of an intersecting family of independent $r$-sets is the size of an $r$-star.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-04-19 Jessica De Silva , Adam B. Dionne , Aidan Dunkelberg , Pamela E. Harris

A $k$-uniform family of subsets of $[n]$ is intersecting if it does not contain a disjoint pair of sets. The study of intersecting families is central to extremal set theory, dating back to the seminal Erd\H{o}s-Ko-Rado theorem of 1961 that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-07-08 Shagnik Das , Tuan Tran

We leverage an algorithm of Deming [R.W. Deming, Independence numbers of graphs -- an extension of the Koenig-Egervary theorem, Discrete Math., 27(1979), no. 1, 23--33; MR534950] to decompose a matchable graph into subgraphs with a precise…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-24 P. Mark Kayll , Craig E. Larson

For a graph G and integer r\geq 1 we denote the collection of independent r-sets of G by I^{(r)}(G). If v\in V(G) then I_v^{(r)}(G) is the collection of all independent r-sets containing v. A graph G, is said to be r-EKR, for r\geq 1, iff…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Fred Holroyd , John Talbot

We investigate the asymptotic version of the Erd\H{o}s-Ko-Rado theorem for the random $k$-uniform hypergraph $\mathcal{H}^k(n,p)$. For $2 \leq k(n) \leq n/2$, let $N=\binom{n}k$ and $D=\binom{n-k}k$. We show that with probability tending to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-04-26 Marcelo M. Gauy , Hiêp Hàn , Igor C. Oliveira

A family of sets is intersecting if no two of its members are disjoint, and has the Erd\H{o}s-Ko-Rado property (or is EKR) if each of its largest intersecting subfamilies has nonempty intersection. Denote by $\mathcal{H}_k(n,p)$ the random…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-12-17 Arran Hamm , Jeff Kahn

Erd\H{o}s-Ko-Rado (EKR) type theorems yield upper bounds on the sizes of families of sets, subject to various intersection requirements on the sets in the family. Stability versions of such theorems assert that if the size of a family is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-28 David Ellis , Nathan Keller , Noam Lifshitz

We prove a conjecture due to Holroyd and Johnson that an analogue of the Erdos-Ko-Rado theorem holds for k-separated sets. In particular this determines the independence number of the vertex-critical subgraph of the Kneser graph identified…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 John Talbot

A family of sets is intersecting if any two sets in the family intersect. Given a graph $G$ and an integer $r\geq 1$, let $\mathcal{I}^{(r)}(G)$ denote the family of independent sets of size $r$ of $G$. For a vertex $v$ of $G$, let…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-07-12 Carl Feghali

Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a family of subsets of a finite set. A subfamily of $\mathcal{A}$ is said to be intersecting when any two of its members contain at least one common element. We say that $\mathcal{A}$ is an Erd{\H o}s-Ko-Rado (EKR)…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-17 J. B. Ebrahimi , A. Taherkhani

We consider general Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs) where the sufficient statistics are functions of homomorphism counts for a fixed collection of simple graphs $F_k$. Whereas previous work has shown a degeneracy phenomenon in dense…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-04-04 Nicholas A. Cook , Amir Dembo

We study the existence and the number of $k$-dominating independent sets in certain graph families. While the case $k=1$ namely the case of maximal independent sets - which is originated from Erd\H{o}s and Moser - is widely investigated,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-12-19 Zoltán Lóránt Nagy