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Kruskal-Katona Theorem

Combinatorics and Graph Theory

The Kruskal-Katona Theorem, a result of algebraic combinatorics, gives a complete characterization of the f-vectors of abstract simplicial complexes, the sequences recording how many faces of each dimension a complex contains. It includes the Erdos-Ko-Rado Theorem as a special case and can also be restated in terms of uniform hypergraphs. It is named after Joseph Kruskal and Gyula Katona, though it was discovered independently by several others as well.

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A complete characterization of the f-vectors of abstract simplicial complexes. 1
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1. Kruskal-Katona theorem (Wikipedia)
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    gives a complete characterization of the f-vectors of abstract simplicial complexes
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