Exponential multivalued forbidden configurations

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Abstract: The forbidden number mathrmforb(m,F), which denotes the maximum number of unique columns in an m-rowed (0,1)-matrix with no submatrix that is a row and column permutation of F, has been widely studied in extremal set theory. Recently, this function was extended to r-matrices, whose entries lie in 0,1,dots,r−1. The combinatorics of the generalized forbidden number is less well-studied. In this paper, we provide exact bounds for many (0,1)-matrices F, including all 2-rowed matrices when r>3. We also prove a stability result for the 2imes2 identity matrix. Along the way, we expose some interesting qualitative differences between the cases r=2, r=3, and r>3.











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