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Shearer trace inequality

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If every ground element belongs to at least t members of a family F⊆P([n]), then
∣A∣≤(∏F∈F​∣TF​(A)∣)1/t.
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Apply Shearer's inequality to the characteristic vector of a uniformly random member of A.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2021 / iii / Paper 161 / 2 / iii / Solution

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