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We must have <math>\mathcal C = \left\{ \{a_1\} \cup A : \forall \ A \subseteq \left\{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 \right\} \backslash \left\{a_1 \right\} \right\}</math>. | We must have <math>\mathcal C = \left\{ \{a_1\} \cup A : \forall \ A \subseteq \left\{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 \right\} \backslash \left\{a_1 \right\} \right\}</math>. | ||
− | Therefore, for any <math>X, Y \in \mathcal C</math>, we must have <math>X \cap Y \supseteq \{ | + | Therefore, for any <math>X, Y \in \mathcal C</math>, we must have <math>X \cap Y \supseteq \{a_1\}</math>. |
So this is feasible. | So this is feasible. | ||
Revision as of 17:51, 16 February 2023
Solution
Denote by a collection of 16 distinct subsets of
.
Denote
.
Case 1: .
This entails .
Hence, for any other set
, we have
. This is infeasible.
Case 2: .
Let .
To get
for all
.
We must have
.
The total number of subsets of that contain
is
.
Because
contains 16 subsets.
We must have
.
Therefore, for any
, we must have
.
So this is feasible.
Now, we count the number of in this case.
We only need to determine
.
Therefore, the number of solutions is 5.
Case 3: .
Case 3.1: There is exactly one subset in that contains 2 elements.
Denote this subset as .
We then put all subsets of
that contain at least three elements into
, except
.
This satisfies
for any
.
Now, we count the number of in this case.
We only need to determine
.
Therefore, the number of solutions is
.
Case 3.2: There are exactly two subsets in that contain 2 elements.
They must take the form and
.
We then put all subsets of that contain at least three elements into
, except
and
.
This satisfies
for any
.
Now, we count the number of in this case.
We only need to determine
and
.
Therefore, the number of solutions is
.
Case 3.3: There are exactly three subsets in that contain 2 elements.
They take the form
,
,
.
We then put all subsets of that contain at least three elements into
, except
,
,
.
This satisfies
for any
.
Now, we count the number of in this case.
We only need to determine
,
,
.
Therefore, the number of solutions is
.
Case 3.4: There are exactly three subsets in that contain 2 elements.
They take the form
,
,
.
We then put all subsets of that contain at least three elements into
, except
,
,
.
This satisfies
for any
.
Now, we count the number of in this case.
We only need to determine
,
,
.
Therefore, the number of solutions is
.
Case 3.5: There are exactly four subsets in that contain 2 elements.
They take the form
,
,
,
.
We then put all subsets of that contain at least three elements into
, except
,
,
,
.
This satisfies
for any
.
Now, we count the number of in this case.
We only need to determine
,
,
,
.
Therefore, the number of solutions is 5.
Putting all subcases together, the number of solutions is this case is .
Case 4: .
The number of subsets of that contain at least three elements is
.
Because
has 16 elements, we must select all such subsets into
.
Therefore, the number of solutions in this case is 1.
Putting all cases together, the total number of is
.
~Steven Chen (Professor Chen Education Palace, www.professorchenedu.com)