Zarankiewicz problem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An unsolved problem in mathematics, asking for the largest possible number of edges in a bipartite graph that has a given number of vertices and has no complete bipartite subgraphs of a given size.

Word forms

Zarankiewicz problem the Zarankiewicz problem

Etymology

Named after the Polish mathematician Kazimierz Zarankiewicz, who proposed several special cases of the problem in 1951.

Related words

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