English Explanatory Dictionary

Sperner family

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A family F of subsets of a finite set E in which none of the sets contains another; or, equivalently, an antichain in the inclusion lattice over the power set of E.

Word forms

Sperner family Sperner families

Etymology

Named after Emanuel Sperner.

Synonyms

clutter Sperner system
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