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Induced subgraphs of hypercubes

Combinatorics 2011-12-14 v1

Abstract

Let QkQ_k denote the kk-dimensional hypercube on 2k2^k vertices. A vertex in a subgraph of QkQ_k is {\em full} if its degree is kk. We apply the Kruskal-Katona Theorem to compute the maximum number of full vertices an induced subgraph on n2kn\leq 2^k vertices of QkQ_k can have, as a function of kk and nn. This is then used to determine min(max(V(H1),V(H2)))\min(\max(|V(H_1)|, |V(H_2)|)) where (i) H1H_1 and H2H_2 are induced subgraphs of QkQ_k, and (ii) together they cover all the edges of QkQ_k, that is E(H1)E(H2)=E(Qk)E(H_1)\cup E(H_2) = E(Q_k).

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@article{arxiv.1112.3015,
  title  = {Induced subgraphs of hypercubes},
  author = {Geir Agnarsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.3015},
  year   = {2011}
}

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