On uncrowded hypergraphs

  • Authors:
  • Richard A. Duke;Hanno Lefmann;Vojtech Rödl

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332;Universität Dortmund, Fachbereich Informatik, LS II, D—44221 Dortmund, Germany;Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

  • Venue:
  • Random Structures & Algorithms
  • Year:
  • 1995

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Abstract

In this note we will show that every k—uniform hypergraph ℋ︁ on n vertices with average degree ik-1 containing no 2—cycles has independence number α(ℋ︁)≧ck n/t(lnt)1/(k-1) for t ≧ t0(k). This confirms a conjecture of Spencer. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.