{"paper":{"title":"An Erd\\H{o}s--Ko--Rado theorem for matchings in the complete graph","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["cs.DM"],"primary_cat":"math.CO","authors_text":"Neeldhara Misra, Vikram Kamat","submitted_at":"2013-03-17T14:28:29Z","abstract_excerpt":"We consider the following higher-order analog of the Erd\\H{o}s--Ko--Rado theorem. For positive integers r and n with r<= n, let M^r_n be the family of all matchings of size r in the complete graph K_{2n}. For any edge e in E(K_{2n}), the family M^r_n(e), which consists of all sets in M^r_n containing e, is called the star centered at e. We prove that if r<n and A is an intersecting family of matchings in M^r_n, then |A|<=|M^r_n(e)|$, where e is an edge in E(K_{2n}). We also prove that equality holds if and only if A is a star. The main technique we use to prove the theorem is an analog of Kato"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1303.4061","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}