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erdos_ko_rado_permutations

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by tianyipeng · May 31, 2026 · Mathlib 777aaa6 (Lean v4.29.0-rc3)

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Erdős–Ko–Rado for permutations: An intersecting family of permutations of {1,...,n} has size at most (n-1)!. Proved by Deza–Frankl (1983). The analogous result for t-intersecting families with sharper bounds is still studied.

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Formal statement
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theorem erdos_ko_rado_permutations (n : ℕ) (hn : 2 ≤ n)
    (F : Finset (Equiv.Perm (Fin n)))
    (hint : ∀ sigma ∈ F, ∀ tau ∈ F, ∃ i : Fin n, sigma i = tau i) :
    F.card ≤ (n - 1).factorial := by
  sorry
Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Ko%E2%80%93Rado_theorem

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