Maximum antichains in random subsets of a finite set (Q1570763)

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Maximum antichains in random subsets of a finite set
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    Maximum antichains in random subsets of a finite set (English)
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    29 November 2000
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    This nice paper investigates the maximum antichains in random subsets of a finite set, taking every subset independently with probability \(p.\) The main result states: if \(pn/\log n \rightarrow \infty\) then the analogue of the Sperner theorem holds, namely the biggest antichain out of those random subsets is formed almost surely by all chosen subsets of size \(\lfloor n/2\rfloor \). This is almost surely not the case if \(pn \not\rightarrow \infty.\)
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    Sperner theorem
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    random poset
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    chain covers
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