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Covering subset with large probability

Let $c>0$, $0<\lambda<1$, and let $k\in \mathbb{N}$ be sufficiently large. Let $X$ be a uniformly random subset of $\{1,\cdots,N\}$. Denote by $[N]^x$ the collection of $[x]$-element subset of $\{1,\cdots,N\}$.

Prove that: for any sufficiently large $N\in\mathbb{N}$ (depending on $c$), any function $f:[N]^{\frac{1}{2}N-c\sqrt{N}}\rightarrow k$, there exists a subset $K$ of $\{1,\cdots,k\}$ with $|K|/k\leq \lambda$ such that $\mathbb{P}(\exists F\in f^{-1}(K)[F\subseteq X]\ \big|\ |X|>\frac{1}{2}N-c\sqrt{N})\geq 1-\lambda$.

Jiayi Liu
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