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Transversals of d-intervals — Comparing three Approaches

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European Congress of Mathematics

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In this short note we compare three different methods for solving the same combinatorial problem. We start by describing the problem itself.

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  1. Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Reàltanoda utca 13-15, Budapest, Hungary

    Gábor Tardos

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  1. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Mathematical Institute, Reáltanoda str. 13-15, H-1053, Budapest, Hungary

    A. Balog , G. O. H. Katona  & D. Sza’sz ,  & 

  2. Mathematical Institute, Technical University of Budapest, H-1521, Budapest, Hungary

    A. Recski

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Tardos, G. (1998). Transversals of d-intervals — Comparing three Approaches. In: Balog, A., Katona, G.O.H., Recski, A., Sza’sz, D. (eds) European Congress of Mathematics. Progress in Mathematics, vol 169. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8898-1_15

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