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Remark on a criterion for common transversals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

Hazel Perfect
Hazel Perfect
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Department of Pure Mathematics, The University, Sheffield
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All sets considered will be finite, and |x| will denote the cardinal number of the set X.

Let = (Ai:i∈I) be a family of subsets of a set E. A subset E′ ⊆ E is called a transversal of if there exists a bijection σ:E′→ I such that e ∈ Aσ(e) (e ∈ E′). According to a well-known theorem of P. Hall [2], the familyhas a transversal if and only iffor every subset I′ of I. Ford and Fulkerson [1] obtained (as a special case of a more general theorem) an analogous criterion for the existence of a common transversal (CT) of two families. We may state their result in the following terms.

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Research Article
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Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 1969 , pp. 66 - 67
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1969

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