On the size of minimal unsatisfiable formulas

dc.creatorLee, Choongbum
dc.date2008-11-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:15:20Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:15:20Z
dc.descriptionAn unsatisfiable formula is called minimal if it becomes satisfiable whenever any of its clauses are removed. We construct minimal unsatisfiable $k$-SAT formulas with $Ω(n^k)$ clauses for $k \geq 3$, thereby negatively answering a question of Rosenfeld. This should be compared to the result of Lovász which asserts that a critically 3-chromatic $k$-uniform hypergraph can have at most $\binom{n}{k-1}$ edges.
dc.description4 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0811.0427
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0811.0427
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/173143
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.titleOn the size of minimal unsatisfiable formulas
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