The overflow in the Katona Theorem
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Let $n>2r>0$ be integers. We consider families $\mathcal{F}$ of subsets of an $n$-element set, in which the union of any two members has size at most $2r$. One of our results states that for $n\geq 6r$ the number of members of size exceeding $r$ in $\mathcal{F}$ is at most $\binom{n-2}{r-1}$. Another result shows that for $n>3.5r$ the number of sets of size at least $r$ is at most $\binom{n}{r}$. Both bounds are best possible and the latter sharpens the classical Katona Theorem. Similar results are proved for the odd case of the Katona Theorem as well.
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