# The Journey of the Union-Closed Sets Conjecture

@article{Bruhn2015TheJO,
title={The Journey of the Union-Closed Sets Conjecture},
author={Henning Bruhn and Oliver Schaudt},
journal={Graphs and Combinatorics},
year={2015},
volume={31},
pages={2043-2074}
}
• Published 12 September 2013
• Mathematics, Computer Science
• Graphs and Combinatorics
We survey the state of the union-closed sets conjecture.

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