Saturation for the butterfly poset

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Abstract: Given a finite poset mathcalP, we call a family mathcalF of subsets of [n] mathcalP-saturated if mathcalF does not contain an induced copy of mathcalP, but adding any other set to mathcalF creates an induced copy of mathcalP. The induced saturated number of mathcalP, denoted by extsat(n,mathcalP), is the size of the smallest mathcalP-saturated family with ground set [n]. In this paper we are mainly interested in the four-point poset called the butterfly. Ferrara, Kay, Kramer, Martin, Reiniger, Smith and Sullivan showed that the saturation number for the butterfly lies between log2n and n2. We give a linear lower bound of n+1. We also prove some other results about the butterfly and the poset mathcalN.









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