Balogh–Linz–Patkós' odd-parity conjecture for intersecting k-Sperner families
Balogh–Linz–Patkós' odd-parity conjecture for intersecting k-Sperner families
Let , let denote the Boolean lattice, and let a family be -intersecting if for all , and -Sperner if it contains no chain of length . When is odd, set
For a fixed -set , define the -uniform -star and its upper shadow by
for and , and let
Its size is
Balogh–Linz–Patkós' conjecture. There exists a positive integer such that if is odd, , and is a -intersecting -Sperner family, then
This is the odd-parity counterpart of the even-parity extremal problem, with the fixed-star construction providing the predicted sharp bound. The source presents it as a conjecture; no resolution is supplied there.
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Primary source
Jia-Bao Yang and Leilei Zhang, “Counterexamples to the Balogh-Linz-Patkós Conjecture”, arXiv:2607.03026 (2026).
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