Hypergraph Saturation Irregularities

  • Natalie C. Behague
Keywords: Graph theory, Hypergraphs, Saturation

Abstract

Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a family of $r$-graphs. An $r$-graph $G$ is called $\mathcal{F}$-saturated if it does not contain any members of $\mathcal{F}$ but adding any edge creates a copy of some $r$-graph in $\mathcal{F}$. The saturation number $\operatorname{sat}(\mathcal{F},n)$ is the minimum number of edges in an $\mathcal{F}$-saturated graph on $n$ vertices. We prove that there exists a finite family $\mathcal{F}$ such that $\operatorname{sat}(\mathcal{F},n) / n^{r-1}$  does not tend to a limit. This settles a question of Pikhurko.

Author Biography

Natalie C. Behague, Queen Mary University of London

PhD, School of Mathematical Sciences

Published
2018-04-27
Article Number
P2.11