Dedicated to the memory of Paul Erdős
An obligatory triple system is one that embeds into every triple system of uncountable chromatic number. It is proved that a triple system is obligatory iff every 2-connected component of it is. Obligatory triple systems are tripartite but not vice versa.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.
Author information
Affiliations
Additional information
Received January 13, 2000
RID="*"
ID="*" Research partially supported by Hungarian National Research Grant T 19367.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Komjáth, P. Some Remarks on Obligatory Subsytems of Uncountably Chromatic Triple Systems. Combinatorica 21, 233–238 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004930100021
Issue Date:
- AMS Subject Classification (2000) Classes: 05C15, 03E05