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Set families with forbidden subposets

Combinatorics 2014-08-05 v1

Abstract

Let FF be a family of subsets of {1,,n}\{1,\ldots,n\}. We say that FF is PP-free if the inclusion order on FF does not contain PP as an induced subposet. The \emph{Tur\'an function} of PP, denoted π(n,P)\pi^*(n,P), is the maximum size of a PP-free family of subsets of {1,,n}\{1,\ldots,n\}. We show that π(n,P)(4r+O(r))(nn/2)\pi^*(n,P) \le (4r + O(\sqrt{r}))\binom{n}{n/2} if PP is an rr-element poset of height at most 22. We also show that π(n,Sr)=(r+O(r))(nn/2)\pi^*(n,S_r) = (r+O(\sqrt{r}))\binom{n}{n/2} where SrS_r is the standard example on 2r2r elements, and that π(n,B2)(2.583+o(1))(nn/2)\pi^*(n,B_2) \le (2.583+o(1))\binom{n}{n/2}, where B2B_2 is the 22-dimensional Boolean lattice.

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@article{arxiv.1408.0646,
  title  = {Set families with forbidden subposets},
  author = {Linyuan Lu and Kevin G. Milans},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.0646},
  year   = {2014}
}

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16 pages, 1 figure

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