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Kneser graphs are like Swiss cheese. (English) Zbl 1404.05088
Summary: We prove that for a large family of product graphs, and for Kneser graphs $$K(n,\alpha n)$$ with fixed $$\alpha<1/2$$, the following holds. Any set of vertices that spans a small proportion of the edges in the graph can be made independent by removing a small proportion of the vertices of the graph. This allows us to strengthen the results of I. Dinur et al. [Geom. Funct. Anal. 18, No. 1, 77–97 (2008; Zbl 1147.05058)] and I. Dinur and the first author [Comb. Probab. Comput. 18, No. 1–2, 107–122 (2009; Zbl 1243.05235)], and show that any independent set in these graphs is almost contained in an independent set which depends on few coordinates. Our proof is inspired by, and follows some of the main ideas of, J. Fox’s proof of the graph removal lemma [Ann. Math. (2) 174, No. 1, 561–579 (2011; Zbl 1231.05133)].

##### MSC:
 05C35 Extremal problems in graph theory 05D05 Extremal set theory
##### Citations:
Zbl 1147.05058; Zbl 1243.05235; Zbl 1231.05133
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