Blocking Amalgamations, Maximal Arcs, and Generalized Crowns

Mahesh Ramani

Let $C_{1,k}^r$ be the $r$-uniform $k$-crown and put $h=r-k+2$. For a finite linear intersecting $r$-uniform hypergraph $G$, let ${\tau }_h(G)$ be the minimum size of a set meeting every…