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An extremal problem in graph theory II

Part of: Graph theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

H. L. Abbott ,
M. Katchalski  and
A. C. Liu
H. L. Abbott
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department University of AlbertaEdmonton, CanadaT6G 2G1
M. Katchalski
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department Technion Haifa, Israel
A. C. Liu
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department University of ReginaRegina, CanadaS4S 0A2
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Abstract

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We contine our study of the following combinatorial problem: What is the largest integer N = N (t, m, p) for which there exists a set of N people satisfying the following conditions: (a) each person speaks t languages, (b) among any m people there are two who speak a common language and (c) at most p speak a common language. We obtain bounds for N(t, m, p) and evaluate N(3, m, p) for all m and infintely many values of p.

MSC classification

Secondary: 05C35: Extremal problems
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , June 1980 , pp. 417 - 424
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1980

References

Abbott, H. L., Hanson, D. and Liu, A. C., ‘An extremal problem in graph theory’, Quart. J. Math. Oxford Ser. (to appear).Google Scholar
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