Transference for the Erdős-Ko-Rado theorem

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Abstract: For natural numbers n,rinmathbbN with nger, the Kneser graph K(n,r) is the graph on the family of r-element subsets of 1,dots,n in which two sets are adjacent if and only if they are disjoint. Delete the edges of K(n,r) with some probability, independently of each other: is the independence number of this random graph equal to the independence number of the Kneser graph itself? We answer this question affirmatively as long as r/n is bounded away from 1/2, even when the probability of retaining an edge of the Kneser graph is quite small. This gives us a random analogue of the ErdH{o}s-Ko-Rado theorem since an independent set in the Kneser graph is the same as a uniform intersecting family. To prove our main result, we give some new estimates for the number of disjoint pairs in a family in terms of its distance from an intersecting family, these might be of independent interest.




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