Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5777538 Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A 2017 20 Pages PDF
Abstract
Let C be the set of all connected graphs on vertex set [n]. Then C is endowed with the following natural partial ordering: for G,H∈C, let G≤H if G is a subgraph of H. The poset (C,≤) is graded, each level containing the connected graphs with the same number of edges. We prove that (C,≤) has the Sperner property, namely that the largest antichain of (C,≤) is equal to its largest sized level. This answers a question of Katona.
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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
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