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On r-Cross Intersecting Families of Sets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2011

PETER FRANKL  and
NORIHIDE TOKUSHIGE
PETER FRANKL
Affiliation:
3-12-25 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002, Japan (e-mail: peter.frankl@gmail.com)
NORIHIDE TOKUSHIGE
Affiliation:
College of Education, Ryukyu University, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan (e-mail: hide@edu.u-ryukyu.ac.jp)
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Abstract

Let (r−1)n ≥ rk and let . Suppose that F1 ∩ ⋅⋅⋅ ∩ Fr ≠ ∅ holds for all Fi ∈ i, 1 ≤ i ≤ r. Then we show that .

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Combinatorics, Probability and Computing , Volume 20 , Issue 5 , September 2011 , pp. 749 - 752
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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