On the ratio of maximum and minimum degree in maximal intersecting families

Nagy Z. L., Oezkahya L., Patkos B., Vizer M.

DISCRETE MATHEMATICS, vol.313, no.2, pp.207-211, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 313 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.disc.2012.10.007
  • Journal Name: DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.207-211
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

To study how balanced or unbalanced a maximal intersecting family F subset of ((vertical bar n vertical bar) (r)) is we consider the ratio R(F) = Delta(F)/delta(F) of its maximum and minimum degree. We determine the order of magnitude of the function m(n, r), the minimum possible value of R(F), and establish some lower and upper bounds on the function M(n, r), the maximum possible value of R(F). To obtain constructions that show the bounds on m(n, r) we use a theorem of Blokhuis on the minimum size of a non-trivial blocking set in projective planes. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.