On the density of sets of divisors
β Scribed by R.E.L. Aldred; R.P. Anstee
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 214 KB
- Volume
- 137
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-365X
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β¦ Synopsis
Consider the lattice of divisors of n, [1, n]. For any downset (ideal) J in [1, n] we get a forbidden configuration theorem of the type that if a set of divisors D avoids certain configurations, then ] D ] ~< I J ]. If we let 5 Β’ be the set of minimal elements of [ 1, n] not in J, then we forbid in D the configurations C(s) (defined in the paper) for sE5 e. This generalizes a result of Alon and in turn generalizes a result of Sauer, Perles and Shelah.
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