Morris's minimal-generator extension conjecture for non-FC families

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Let B\mathcal{B} be a union-closed family with minimal generating family S\mathcal{S}. For some BSB\in\mathcal{S} and an element ii, let B\mathcal{B}^{\prime} be the family generated by

(S{B}){B{i}}.(\mathcal{S}\setminus\{B\})\cup\{B\cup\{i\}\}.

Minimal-generator extension conjecture. If B\mathcal{B} is not FCFC, then B\mathcal{B}^{\prime} is not FCFC either. This conjecture proposes that replacing a minimal generator by its one-element extension preserves failure of the FCFC property; the paper presents it as a final open conjecture motivated by the examples known there.

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Primary source

Robert Morris, “FC-families, and improved bounds for Frankl's Conjecture”, arXiv:math/0702348 (2007).

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