A Bollobás-type problem: from root systems to Erdős-Ko-Rado

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Autori principali: Browne, Patrick J., Gashi, Qëndrim R., Catháin, Padraig Ó
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Browne, Patrick J.
Gashi, Qëndrim R.
Catháin, Padraig Ó
author_facet Browne, Patrick J.
Gashi, Qëndrim R.
Catháin, Padraig Ó
contents Motivated by an Erdős--Ko--Rado type problem on sets of strongly orthogonal roots in the $A_{\ell}$ root system, we estimate bounds for the size of a family of pairs $(A_{i}, B_{i})$ of $k$-subsets in $\{ 1, 2, \ldots, n\}$ such that $A_{i} \cap B_{j}= \emptyset$ and $|A_{i} \cap A_{j}| + |B_{i} \cap B_{j}| = k$ for all $i \neq j$. This is reminiscent of a classic problem of Bollobás. We provide upper and lower bounds for this problem, relying on classical results of extremal combinatorics and an explicit construction using the incidence matrix of a finite projective plane.
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spellingShingle A Bollobás-type problem: from root systems to Erdős-Ko-Rado
Browne, Patrick J.
Gashi, Qëndrim R.
Catháin, Padraig Ó
Combinatorics
05D05, 17B22
Motivated by an Erdős--Ko--Rado type problem on sets of strongly orthogonal roots in the $A_{\ell}$ root system, we estimate bounds for the size of a family of pairs $(A_{i}, B_{i})$ of $k$-subsets in $\{ 1, 2, \ldots, n\}$ such that $A_{i} \cap B_{j}= \emptyset$ and $|A_{i} \cap A_{j}| + |B_{i} \cap B_{j}| = k$ for all $i \neq j$. This is reminiscent of a classic problem of Bollobás. We provide upper and lower bounds for this problem, relying on classical results of extremal combinatorics and an explicit construction using the incidence matrix of a finite projective plane.
title A Bollobás-type problem: from root systems to Erdős-Ko-Rado
topic Combinatorics
05D05, 17B22
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04867