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New estimates in the problem of the number of edges in a hypergraph with forbidden intersections

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We improve the Frankl-Wilson upper bound on the maximal number of edges in a hypergraph with forbidden cardinalities of edge intersections.

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Original Russian Text © E.I. Ponomarenko, A.M. Raigorodskii, 2013, published in Problemy Peredachi Informatsii, 2013, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 98–104.

Supported in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 12-01-00683, President of the Russian Federation Grant no. MD-6277.2013.1, and Council for State Support of Leading Scientific Schools, grant no. NSh-2519.2012.1.

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Ponomarenko, E.I., Raigorodskii, A.M. New estimates in the problem of the number of edges in a hypergraph with forbidden intersections. Probl Inf Transm 49, 384–390 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032946013040091

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