Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
Volume 4 n° 1 (2000), pp. 61-66
| author: | Klaus Dohmen |
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| title: | Improved inclusion-exclusion identities via closure operators |
| keywords: | Inclusion-Exclusion, Sieve Formula, Closure Operator, Convex Geometry, Broken Circuit, Reliability |
| abstract: | Let (A_v)_{v\in V} be a finite family of sets. We establish an improved inclusion-exclusion identity for each closure operator on the power set of V having the unique base property. The result generalizes three improvements of the inclusion-exclusion principle as well as Whitney's broken circuit theorem on the chromatic polynomial of a graph. |
| reference: | Klaus Dohmen (2000), Improved inclusion-exclusion identities via closure operators, Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science 4, pp. 61-66 |
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