On the sizes of k-edge-maximal r-uniform hypergraphs

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Abstract: Let H=(V,E) be a hypergraph, where V is a set of vertices and E is a set of non-empty subsets of V called edges. If all edges of H have the same cardinality r, then H is a r-uniform hypergraph; if E consists of all r-subsets of V, then H is a complete r-uniform hypergraph, denoted by Knr, where n=|V|. A hypergraph H=(V,E) is called a subhypergraph of H=(V,E) if VsubseteqV and EsubseteqE. A r-uniform hypergraph H=(V,E) is k-edge-maximal if every subhypergraph of H has edge-connectivity at most k, but for any edge einE(Knr)setminusE(H), H+e contains at least one subhypergraph with edge-connectivity at least k+1. Let k and r be integers with kgeq2 and rgeq2, and let t=t(k,r) be the largest integer such that (r1t1)leqk. That is, t is the integer satisfies (r1t1)leqk<(r1t). We prove that if H is a r-uniform k-edge-maximal hypergraph such that n=|V(H)|geqt, then (i) |E(H)|leq(rt)+(nt)k, and this bound is best possible; (ii) |E(H)|geq(n1)k((t1)k(rt))lfloorfracntfloor, and this bound is best possible. This extends former results in [8] and [6].









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