The property that for a given $k$, the $k$-subsets of a $2k$-set can be colored with $k+1$ colors such that any $(k+1)$-subset contains all colors.
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Does there exist a $k>2$ such that the $k$-sized subsets of {1,...,2k} can be coloured with $k+1$ colours such that for every $A\subset \{1,\ldots,2k\}$ with $\lvert A\rvert=k+1$ all $k+1$ colours appear among the $k$-sized subsets of $A$?
Alternative statement of Erdős Problem 835 using the chromatic number of the Johnson graph. This is equivalent to asking whether there exists $k > 2$ such that the chromatic number of the Johnson graph $J(2k, k)$ is $k+1$.
It is known that for $3 \leq k \leq 8$, the chromatic number of $J(2k, k)$ is greater than $k+1$, see Johnson graphs.
The smallest case not on this page is $k=9$: But that one can be solved as well: The chromatic number of $J(18, 9)$ is at least $11$.
Johnson's upper bound on the maximum size A(n, d, w) of a n-dimensional binary code of
distance d and weight w is as follows:
- If
d > 2 * w, thenA(n, d, w) = 1. - If
d ≤ 2 * w, thenA(n, d, w) ≤ ⌊n / w * A(n - 1, d, w - 1)⌋.
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- Erdos835.johnsonBound 0 x✝¹ x✝ = 1
- Erdos835.johnsonBound x✝¹ x✝ 0 = 1
- Erdos835.johnsonBound n.succ x✝ w.succ = if 2 * (w + 1) < x✝ then 1 else (n + 1) * Erdos835.johnsonBound n x✝ w / (w + 1)
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Johnson's bound for the independence number of the Johnson graph.
Johnson's bound for the chromatic number of the Johnson graph.
It is known that for $3 \leq k \leq 8$, the chromatic number of $J(2k, k)$ is greater than $k+1$, see Johnson graphs.
It is also known that for $3 \leq k \leq 203$ odd, the chromatic number of $J(2k, k)$ is greater than $k+1$, see Johnson graphs.
It can be seen that the chromatic number of $J(2k,k)$ is $>k+1$ for all odd $k>2$.
Ma and Tang have proved that the chromatic number of $J(2k,k)$ is $>k+1$ for all $k>2$ not of the form $p-1$ for prime $p$.
Ma and Tang's result implies the cases for odd $k$.
Is the chromatic number of J(2 * k, k) always at least k + 2?