{"title":"Maximal cocliques and the chromatic number of the Kneser graph on chambers of PG\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 (\u0000 \u0000 3\u0000 ,\u0000 q\u0000 \u0000 )\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 $(3,q)$","authors":"Philipp Heering, Klaus Metsch","doi":"10.1002/jcd.21940","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcd.21940","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Let <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>Γ</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> ${rm{Gamma }}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> be the graph whose vertices are the chambers of the finite projective 3-space <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mtext>PG</mtext>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mn>3</mn>\u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 <mi>q</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> $text{PG}(3,q)$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>, with two vertices being adjacent if and only if the corresponding chambers are in general position. We show that a maximal independent set of vertices of <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>Γ</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> ${rm{Gamma }}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> contains <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>q</mi>\u0000 <mn>4</mn>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mo>+</mo>\u0000 <mn>3</mn>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>q</mi>\u0000 <mn>3</mn>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mo>+</mo>\u0000 <mn>4</mn>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>q</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mo>+</mo>\u0000 <mn>3</mn>\u0000 <mi>q</mi>\u0000 <mo>+</mo>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> ${q}^{4}+3{q}^{3}+4{q}^{2}+3q+1$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>, or <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mn>3</mn>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>q</mi>\u0000 <mn>3</mn>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mo>+</mo>\u0000 <mn>5</mn>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>q</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mo>+</mo>\u0000 <mn>3</mn>\u0000 <mi>q</mi>\u0000 <mo>+</mo>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> $3{q}^{3}+5{q}^{2}+3q+1$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>, or at most <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mn>3</mn>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>","PeriodicalId":15389,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Designs","volume":"32 7","pages":"388-409"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcd.21940","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140570787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}