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dominating set in a r-uniform hypergraph

I'm trying to solve exercise 6.7 on page 150 in "Probability and computing-Randomized algorithms and probabilistic analysis" by Michael Mitzenmacher: A Hypergraph H is a pair of …
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regular hyper graph construction

Is there any algorithm to generate 3-uniform k-regular hypergraph with n vertices?? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Intersecting 4-sets

Is it possible to have more than $N = \binom{\lfloor n/2\rfloor}{2}$ subsets of an $n$-set, each of size 4, such that each two of them intersect in 0 or 2 elements? To see that $N …
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small hyperworlds ?

The theory of random graphs, after the pioneering classic work of ErdÅ‘s & Rényi, has come to prominence with many further refinements, most notably the small world theory (Bar …
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Bipartiteness criterion

A graph is bipartite if and only if it does not contain odd cycles. Is there a similar criterion for hypergraphs? (A hypergraph is called bipartite if its vertices can be colored i …
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2-Coloring a planar hypergraph

Consider a hypergraph (of rank 3) $H = (V, E)$ (where the rank of $H$ is the maximum cardinality of a hyperedge). $H$ is said to be planar if we can construct a planar graph $G = ( …
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hypergraph cartesian join operation (over same vertex set)

consider two hypergraphs $H_1 = (V, \mathscr{E}_1), H_2 = (V, \mathscr{E}_2)$ over the same vertex set $V$. am interested in what could be called a "cartesian join" operation build …
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Property of cube hypergraph Q(n,n)

The set of vertices of $Q(d,n)$ is $\{0,1,\ldots,n-1\}^d$ and every edge is formed by all vertices having $d-1$ coordinates fixed and the last one getting all possible values (so …
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matchings in hypergraphs

I have been reading Pippenger and Spencer's paper "Asymptotic behavior of the chromatic index for hypergraphs" and they comment that their result is applicable to the family of ran …
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Realiziability of hypergraphs as link (multi)sets of ordinary graphs

I have a question about hypergraphs that I hope some combinatorics/graph theory experts can answer. The motivation for this question is group-theoretic and comes from the study of …
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products/factoring of two hypergraphs with same vertex set?

all the basic products for graphs have been extended to hypergraphs[1]. is there a concept of a product of hypergraphs with the same vertex set? has this been studied? normal …
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Small Configurations in Random Hypergraphs

I have a somewhat technical question regarding the distribution of small hypergraphs in randomly chosen hypergraphs. (My hope is that this is something that can be done using stan …
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Perfect matchings in certain classes of hypergraphs

While doing research I came unto the following problem: Given a hypergraph $H$ $r-partite$, $r-uniform$ (a r-graph, each edge contains r vertices), >$k- regular$ (all vertices …
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Finding maximum value of degree-3 homogeneous polynomials when variables sum to 1

I would like to be able to find maximum values of degree-3 homogeneous polynomials, when the variables are non-negative real numbers that sum to 1. For example, For example, the m …
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k-uniform k-partite hypergraph matching in polynomial time

I have what seems like an elementary question, but google didn't throw up any answers for it. I would appreciate any pointers that MO users may provide. It is well known that for …

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