Erdős–Frankl–Füredi conjecture on the threshold for nontrivial cover-free families

Let T(n,t)T(n,t) be the maximum cardinality of a tt-cover-free family over an nn-element underlying set. Let N(t)N^*(t) be the minimum nn such that there exists a tt-cover-free family F2[n]\mathcal{F}\subseteq 2^{[n]} with F>n|\mathcal{F}|>n.

Erdős–Frankl–Füredi conjecture.

limtN(t)t2=1,\lim_{t\rightarrow\infty}\frac{N^*(t)}{t^2}=1,

or, in the stronger form,

N(t)(t+1)2.N^*(t)\geq (t+1)^2.

This conjecture concerns the smallest ground-set size at which a tt-cover-free family can have more members than the size of its ground set. Its asymptotic form is closely related to determining the transition in the extremal function T(n,t)T(n,t) and to group testing; the source does not indicate a resolution.

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Primary source

Yuhao Zhao and Xiande Zhang, “Improved upper bounds for wide-sense frameproof codes”, arXiv:2402.05596 (2024).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2017–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1707.01758.

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