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Better bounds for the union-closed sets conjecture using the entropy approach

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arxiv 2212.12500 v2 pith:BGXKLCWF submitted 2022-12-23 math.CO

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We improve the best known constant $\frac{3-\sqrt 5}{2}$ for which the union-closed conjecture is known to be true, by using dependent samples as suggested by Sawin and the entropy approach on this problem initiated by Gilmer. Meanwhile, we focus on the intuition behind this entropy approach and its boundaries.

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