3 papers
math.CO2026
Forbidding just one intersection for short integer sequences
Elizaveta Iarovikova, Fedor Noskov, Georgy Sokolov +1
In this paper, we study the famous ErdÅs--Sós forbidden intersection problem for words over an alphabet of size : what is the maximal size of a subfamily of $[m]…
math.CO2025
Exact results and the structure of extremal families for the Duke--ErdÅs forbidden sunflower problem
Andrey Kupavskii, Fedor Noskov
In 1977, Duke and ErdÅs asked the following general question: What is the largest size of a family that does not contain a sunflower with p…
math.CO2025
Linear dependencies, polynomial factors in the Duke--Erd\H os forbidden sunflower problem
Andrey Kupavskii, Fedor Noskov
We call a family of sets a \textit{sunflower with petals} if, for any distinct , one has . The set $…