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Suppose thatℱ is a collection of 3-subsets of{1, 2,..., n} which does not contain ak-star (i.e.,k 3-sets any two of which intersect in the same singleton). Fork ≥ 3 andn ≥ n 0 (k), the collections having largest possible sizes are determined.
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Chung, F.R.K., Frankl, P. The maximum number of edges in a 3-graph not containing a given star. Graphs and Combinatorics 3, 111–126 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01788535
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