Minimal covering sets for infinite set systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 342 (6) ◽  
pp. 1849-1856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Péter Komjáth
1979 ◽  
Vol 319 (1 Second Intern) ◽  
pp. 397-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. C. Milner
Keyword(s):  

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 735
Author(s):  
Tomasz Dzido ◽  
Renata Zakrzewska

We consider the important generalisation of Ramsey numbers, namely on-line Ramsey numbers. It is easiest to understand them by considering a game between two players, a Builder and Painter, on an infinite set of vertices. In each round, the Builder joins two non-adjacent vertices with an edge, and the Painter colors the edge red or blue. An on-line Ramsey number r˜(G,H) is the minimum number of rounds it takes the Builder to force the Painter to create a red copy of graph G or a blue copy of graph H, assuming that both the Builder and Painter play perfectly. The Painter’s goal is to resist to do so for as long as possible. In this paper, we consider the case where G is a path P4 and H is a path P10 or P11.


2021 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 103311
Author(s):  
Yemon Choi ◽  
Mahya Ghandehari ◽  
Hung Le Pham
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2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 595-614
Author(s):  
Ram Krishna Pandey ◽  
Neha Rai

Abstract For a given set M of positive integers, a well-known problem of Motzkin asks to determine the maximal asymptotic density of M-sets, denoted by μ(M), where an M-set is a set of non-negative integers in which no two elements differ by an element in M. In 1973, Cantor and Gordon find μ(M) for |M| ≤ 2. Partial results are known in the case |M| ≥ 3 including some results in the case when M is an infinite set. Motivated by some 3 and 4-element families already discussed by Liu and Zhu in 2004, we study μ(M) for two families namely, M = {a, b,a + b, n(a + b)} and M = {a, b, b − a, n(b − a)}. For both of these families, we find some exact values and some bounds on μ(M). This number theory problem is also related to various types of coloring problems of the distance graphs generated by M. So, as an application, we also study these coloring parameters associated with these families.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Z. Li ◽  
A. Vetta

We consider the fair division of indivisible items using the maximin shares measure. Recent work on the topic has focused on extending results beyond the class of additive valuation functions. In this spirit, we study the case where the items form a hereditary set system. We present a simple algorithm that allocates each agent a bundle of items whose value is at least 0.3666 times the maximin share of the agent. This improves upon the current best known guarantee of 0.2 due to Ghodsi et al. The analysis of the algorithm is almost tight; we present an instance where the algorithm provides a guarantee of at most 0.3738. We also show that the algorithm can be implemented in polynomial time given a valuation oracle for each agent.


Author(s):  
Anne Driemel ◽  
André Nusser ◽  
Jeff M. Phillips ◽  
Ioannis Psarros

AbstractThe Vapnik–Chervonenkis dimension provides a notion of complexity for systems of sets. If the VC dimension is small, then knowing this can drastically simplify fundamental computational tasks such as classification, range counting, and density estimation through the use of sampling bounds. We analyze set systems where the ground set X is a set of polygonal curves in $$\mathbb {R}^d$$ R d and the sets $$\mathcal {R}$$ R are metric balls defined by curve similarity metrics, such as the Fréchet distance and the Hausdorff distance, as well as their discrete counterparts. We derive upper and lower bounds on the VC dimension that imply useful sampling bounds in the setting that the number of curves is large, but the complexity of the individual curves is small. Our upper and lower bounds are either near-quadratic or near-linear in the complexity of the curves that define the ranges and they are logarithmic in the complexity of the curves that define the ground set.


1997 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph H. Buchholz ◽  
Randall L. Rathbun
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