Discrepancy after adding a single set (Q2568502)
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Discrepancy after adding a single set (English)
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27 June 2006
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It is shown that the hereditary discrepancy of a hypergraph \(\mathcal F\) on \(n\) points increases by a factor of at most \(O(\log n)\) when one adds a new edge to \(\mathcal F\). The proof is short, illustrative and elegant. It remains open whether this factor can be improved to \(O(1)\).
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hereditary discrepancy
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hypergraph
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