Mei Lu

The second-order term for the largest $r$-fork-free families

A family of subsets of $[n]$ is $r$-fork-free if none of its members is strictly contained in $r$ other distinct members. For each fixed integer $r\ge2$, we prove that the maximum size of such a family is \[ \binom{n}{\lfloor n/2\rfloor} \left(1+\frac{2(r-1)}{n}+o(n^{-1})\right). \] This determines the second-order ter...