New results on simplex-clusters in set systems

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Abstract: A d-simplex is defined to be a collection A1,dots,Ad+1 of subsets of size k of [n] such that the intersection of all of them is empty, but the intersection of any d of them is non-empty. Furthermore, a d-cluster is a collection of d+1 such sets with empty intersection and union of size le2k, and a d-simplex-cluster is such a collection that is both a d-simplex and a d-cluster. The ErdH{o}s-Chv'{a}tal d-simplex Conjecture from 1974 states that any family of k-subsets of [n] containing no d-simplex must be of size no greater than n1choosek1. In 2011, Keevash and Mubayi extended this conjecture by hypothesizing that the same bound would hold for families containing no d-simplex-cluster. In this paper, we resolve Keevash and Mubayi's conjecture for all 4led+1lek and nge2kd+2, which in turn resolves all remaining cases of the ErdH{o}s-Chv'{a}tal Conjecture except when n is very small (i.e. n<2kd+2).









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