Title

Intersection representation of complete unbalanced bipartite graphs

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

11-1-1997

Abstract

Ap-intersectionrepresentation of a graphGis a map,f, that assigns each vertex a subset of {1,2,...,t} such that {u,v} is an edge if and only if |f(u)∩f(v)|≥p. The symbolθp(G) denotes this minimumtsuch that ap-intersection representation ofGexists. In 1966 Erdos, Goodman, and Pósa showed that for all graphsGon 2nvertices,θ1(G)≤θ1(Kn,n)=n 2. In 1992, Chung and West conjectured that for all graphsGon 2nvertices,θp(G)≤θp(Kn,n) whenp≥1. Subsequently, upper and lower bounds forθp(Kn,n) have been found to be (n2/p)(1+o(1)). We show in this paper that many complete unbalanced bipartite graphs on 2nvertices have a largerp-intersection number thanKn,n. For example, whenp=2,θ2(Kn,n)≤12n2(1+o(1))<4172n 2(1+o(1))≤θ2(K(5/6)n,(7/6)n). © 1997 Academic Press.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series B

Volume

71

Issue

2

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