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Transversals of squares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

N.H. Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria.
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Abstract

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Let κ and λ be cardinal numbers. Take any family A = {Aν; ν ∈ N} where each Aν is a product Aν = Bν x Cν with |Bν = |Cν| = Nα, such that if B x CAμ x Aν (for μ ≠ ν) then |B|, |c| < λ. We investigate under what conditions on α, κ, λ and |N| there will be a set T with 1 ≤ |TAν| < κ for each ν.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1972

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